FLEX Alumni Help Combat the Effects of COVID-19 in Georgia
After realizing that COVID-19 was not only a threat to the health of Georgians, but also an economic and social threat, FLEX alumni, Ketevan...
Luka Bluashvili ’19: Strength is in Unity
In late December 2020, Luka Bluashvili ’19 (Tbilisi, Georgia/ Belleville, IL) traveled to the remote Georgian village of Atotsi. As he surveyed the mountainous...
Outstanding Volunteer Projects in Georgia
In Georgia, 13 FLEX alumni volunteered their time and took on leadership positions becoming City and University Representatives in 2019-2020. These CRs and URs...
Interview with FLEX Alumna Rima Beridze ’11 – Motivated by Motivating Others
Rima Beridze ’11 (Batumi, Georgia/Powell, OH), has been a FLEX alumna for nearly 10 years now, and during this time she has been an...
FLEX News Literacy Workshop in Tsaghkadzor, Armenia
A group of 52 FLEX and YES alumni from Armenia, Georgia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia attended the first News Literacy Workshop from December...
When Persistence is a Key: An Interview with Esma Gumberidze ’13
Esma Gumberidze ’13 (Tbilisi, Georgia/ Ocala, FL) has been an active member of the FLEX Alumni community since she returned from the program and...
FLEX Alumni Romania: Camping Out for Summer 2019
The summer season has ended and for most this means looking back at traveling abroad stories with nostalgia. The Romanian FLEX Alumni community is...
Suitcase Stories: Celebrating Six Years of Success with Amaris Wade
Six years, dozens of speakers, hundreds of attendees and just one country- these numbers represent a project called Suitcase Stories in Georgia. Tracking down...
2019 Alumni Workshop for Youth Leaders in English Teaching in Irpin, Ukraine
From May 29 to June 2, 58 alumni from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine gathered in Irpin, Ukraine for the first ever AlumniWorkshop...
FLEX Alumni Reunion in Georgia
Ten years ago, FLEX finalists from Georgia were headed to the airport where the journey of a lifetime was about to start. Little did...