While studying in the United States, Eurasian Undergraduate Exchange Program (UGRAD) fellow Andriy Maksymovych met an activist who biked across the U.S. to raise money for charity. Andriy decided to adapt the idea to raise money for premature babies in his native Ukraine. Hear him describe how and why he and a friend ran more than 600 miles in 41 days to cross the largest country in Europe. (Audio slideshow created by exchanges.state.gov [2] web team.)
Publication Date:
January 6, 2010