ECA Alumni Small Grants Program

Program Results - October 2007

Project Descriptions

Shabnam Almammadova
Azerbaijan
UGRAD 07

Almammadova’s project will pair orphans with volunteer "big brothers" and "big sisters" who will visit and support the orphans.

Nino Amonashvili
Georgia
UGRAD 06

The Director of the Survey Research Center at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), Amonashvili's U.S. host institution on the UGRAD program, will conduct a workshop on survey methods at Tbilisi State University.

Ildar Ayupov
Russia
UGRAD 05

Ayupov will create a Tatar language textbook for English speakers which will be published in spring 2008.

Stella Bialova
Kyrgyzstan
UGRAD 98

Bialova will develop and print 500 booklets with international marketing and e-marketing best practices from Kyrgyz companies.

Tamar Giorgadze
Georgia
UGRAD 07

Giorgadze will conduct a summer program for orphans to teach them computer skills, including lessons in computing, English language, and geography.

Vardine Grigoryan
Armenia
UGRAD 06

Grigoryan will organize a group of volunteers to teach English to young people from five communities in the Lori region for six months.

Dayanch Hojagyeldiyev
Turkmenistan
UGRAD 05

Members of the Young Explorer youth club will participate in Model UN activities and a conference, in conjunction with Model United Nations of the Russian Far East. The project will produce a handbook about leadership, examples of successful projects, sample proposals, and donor information.

Elene Jibladze
Georgia
Muskie

Jibalidze project will support Georgian schools in developing basic concepts of teaching and learning to meet national standards of accreditation, particularly rural and non-Georgian language schools.

Victoria Jitnic
Moldova
Muskie 94

Jitnic’s project wil focus on training personnel in the private and public sectors to conduct internal audits in compliance with new legislation and International Standards of Auditing.

Shushanik Karapetyan
Armenia
UGRAD 07

Karapetyan will compile a book of educational and developmental games created by teachers from across Armenia.

Halyna Kurylo
Ukraine
UGRAD 07

Kurylo will develop an educational campaign to increase awareness about eating disorders in the Lviv community through workshops and brochures, with an emphasis on early detection.

Mahira Mukhtarova
Azerbaijan
UGRAD 06

Mukhtarova and fellow alumni at Ganja State University will train fellow students in leadership, professional development, and community service.

Ivan Pechorin
Russia
UGRAD 02

Pechorin will conduct a training of trainers (TOT) on human trafficking and domestic violence in conjunction with ABA and ELSA offices in the Russian Far East. The TOT will target lawyers, practitioners, and experts in the rule of law field, who will then conduct trainings in schools and universities.

Nisso Rahmonova
Tajikistan
Muskie 04

The goal of Rahmonova’s project will be to refurbish the library at the school for the blind in Dushanbe.

Elena Solohin
Moldova
UGRAD 07

Solohin will organize trainings and seminars on environmental assessment methods through professional collaboration between professors and students at Moldova State University and a professor from her U.S. host university.

Karine Taslakyan
Armenia
Muskie 06

Taslakyan will plan and organize a five-day workshop on project management and natural resource management for leaders of rural NGOs.

Georgi Tshekhani
Georgia
UGRAD 07

Tshekhani will organize Model United Nation trainings and a Model United Nations conference.

Anna Zhilina
Russia
UGRAD 03

Zhilina will organize a workshop on understanding American life and culture for high school and university teachers of American Studies, with two guest presenters from the U.S.