FLEX and YES Alumni Serve Their Communities on Global Youth Service Day
FLEX and YES alumni took on the Global Youth Service Day (GYSD) challenge this spring - organizing events in their communities and working with...
Announcing GYSD Matching Grants Program 2019
American Councils for International Education is pleased to announce the annual Global Youth Service Day (GYSD) Matching Grants program for FLEX and YES alumni....
How to Start Your Career
Arusyak Poghosyan '14
Project Title: How to Start Your Career
Project Location: Hrazdan, Armenia
$ 250 in South Caucasus FLEX-Ability Grant funding
Arusyak Poghosyan '14 conducted career skills...
I Won’t Be Your Victim
I Won’t Be Your Victim
Sevinj Huseynova ’11 (Khachmaz, Azerbaijan)
Event Locations: Baku, Khachmaz, Sheki, and Tovuz, Azerbaijan
$750 in FLEX Alumni Grant Program Funding
Summary: With support...
Summer in Sheki: FLEX Alumni-led Summer Camp
Summer Camp in Azerbaijan
Ulviyya Akbarova ’15 (Sheki, Azerbaijan)
Location: Sheki, Azerbaijan
Ulviyya Akbarova ’15 implemented an American-style summer camp for 55, 7-10th graders in Sheki, Azerbaijan...
GYSD Project: Crafty Hands in Vanadzor, Armenia
Project Organizer: Lusine Snkhchyan '13Event Location: Vanadzor, Armenia$240 FLEX Alumni GYSD Matching Grant Funding$470 cost share from the Vanadzor Children's Home, art teacher Karina Avagyan,...
GYSD Armenia: Earthquake Safety and First Aid
Eliza Melkonyan (Yerevan, Armenia)Event Location: Spitak, Jrashen, Gogaran, Sarahart and Saramej-Lori$469 FLEX Alumni Grant Funding$600 cost share from: Spitak Farmer NGO, volunteer speakers and...
Skills to Community
Arman Misakyan '15 and Petros Mkheyan '15
Project Title: Skills for Community
Project Location: Gyumri, Armenia
$200 in South Caucasus FLEX-Ability Grants
On November 28 and December 18,...
Improve Your English
Alvard Mamikonyan ‘13
Project Title: Improve Your English
Project Location: Charentsavan, Armenia
$250 in South Caucasus FLEX-Ability Grants
From November 21 – December 15, Alvard Mamikonyan ‘13 conducted English...
20 Years of FLEX in Syunik Region of Armenia
Lilia Mamikonyan ‘14 (Sisian, Armenia/Watertown, NY)
Project title: FLEX - 20 years in Syunik
Project Location: Sisian, Syunik region, Armenia
$1300 in 2015 FLEX Alumni Grant Program...