Here we go with the 2012 FLEX Alumni Grants winners!
This year 81 proposals from all 10 FLEX countries in Eurasia were submitted for consideration, of which over 40 were recommended for funding. The evaluators approved those projects which demonstrated strong cooperation and significant cost sharing with other organizations, as well as those which presented strong arguments for the impact of their activities on the communities they will serve.
In 2012-13, FLEX alumni whose proposals met these criteria will conduct a number of interesting youth leadership projects, as well as activities which reach out to under-served groups, especially orphans and disabled youth. Most projects have some focus on community service, often combined with other themes, such as public health or the environment. Several projects from Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia were a direct result of a successful grants planning at the 2012 South Caucasus FLEX-Ability Workshop. In addition to eco-projects and summer camps, we also have several debate and training proposals that alumni are ready to implement, as well as some initiatives focusing on career development. These recommended projects have strong foundations and very good partnerships. Some even add new dimensions to improve past grant projects and continue the work initiated previously, demonstrating a continued but innovative commitment to their regions’ citizens.
We still have some projects that are awaiting for the results. Please check on the status of yours with Olga Khodyuk by writing to her at okhodyuk@americancouncils.ru.
2012 winners
Nazeli – Karapetyan – ARMENIA – Central Park Improvement
Shushanik – Hakobyan – ARMENIA – VASC (Volunteers Around South Caucasus)
Arsen – Simonyan – ARMENIA – GLOW Girls Leadership Summer School – 2012
Anna – Serobyan – ARMENIA – YCD (Youth Career Development)
Elizabet – Mamikonyan – ARMENIA – 3G camp
Gayane – Mkrtchyan – ARMENIA – One Academic Year in an Armenian – American High School
Elnur – Iskandarov – AZERBAIJAN – VASC (Volunteerism Around South Caucasus)
Nigar – Mammadova – AZERBAIJAN – “Theatre – Based Peer Education Training of Trainers On Reproductive Health, HIV/AIDS”
Sevinj – Huseynova – AZERBAIJAN – Friendship Camp!
Malkhazi – Khvedelidze – GEORGIA – Summer School For Creative Thinkers
Lela – Okromelidze – GEORGIA – 3 – G Environmental Camp Georgia
Shorena – Megrelishvili – GEORGIA – New Generation for Fair Elections
Davit – Dopidze – GEORGIA – VASC – Volunteerism Around South Caucasus
Matuta – Bjalava – GEORGIA – Life Skills for Healthy Life
Assel – Baltabayeva – KAZAKHSTAN – Astana City Bicycle March
Kamila – Tuyakbayeva – KAZAKHSTAN – Leaders Act Today
Nazgul – Irisova – KYRGYZSTAN – Give Joy to Children!
Gulniza – Taalaibekova – KYRGYZSTAN – “Cleanliness Guarantees Health”
Aida – Urgazieva – KYRGYZSTAN – Model United Nations in Kyrgyzstan
Anar – Zholdoshbek kyzy – KYRGYZSTAN – We are for them, they are for us.
Aigerim – Zhaparova – KYRGYZSTAN – Building the Future
Aigerim – Kushaiynova – KYRGYZSTAN – El Campo
Chynara – Erkulova – KYRGYZSTAN – Creating Own Future
Nazokat – Omuralieva – KYRGYZSTAN – Rainbow of Peace
Natalia – Andreev – MOLDOVA – “Papergirl – Art of giving art”
Lyudmila – Savelyeva – RUSSIAN FEDERATION – Sunny Palette of Childhood
Olga – Fisakova – RUSSIAN FEDERATION – I volunteer
Natalia – Lushina – RUSSIAN FEDERATION – Jouney to life summer camp
Ruslan – Dorosh – RUSSIAN FEDERATION – Good tradition
Natalya – Guseva – RUSSIAN FEDERATION – MGIMO Recycles
Anastasiya – Steshina – RUSSIAN FEDERATION – Over the Rainbow
Parvina – Tashbaeva – TAJIKISTAN – Go green for elderly
Tovus – Khonikboeva – TAJIKISTAN – Seminar through out the regions of GBAO based on informing students about the choices after high school
Georgiy – Martsinkevich – TURKMENISTAN – We care
Selbi – Shamyradova – TURKMENISTAN – Mary Fifth Regional Debate Tournament
Yevgeniya – Samitova – TURKMENISTAN – Regional Dabate Tournament
Jaloladdin – Bekchanov – TURKMENISTAN – Life Strategies
Alisher – Halmurad – TURKMENISTAN – English Summer Camp
Yana – Rahmangulova – TURKMENISTAN – Capital Model United Nations Summit 2012
Dmitriy – Jerebsov – TURKMENISTAN – Turkmenistan “What a Wonderful World” Art Exhibition
Yevgeny – Selyutin – UKRAINE – Economic and Legal Security Classes
Halyna – Biletska – UKRAINE – Crocus Special Needs: Awareness Campaign
Ganna – Lachykhina – UKRAINE – 1st Odesa International Forum
Olga – Tolmachova – UKRAINE – Solutions! Sustainability Camp
Lyudmyla – Krasnytska – UKRAINE – CACTUS – Community ACTion Ukrainian Style
