Celebrating the Values of International Education through Anthropology
By Gulnur Muratova '18 (Astana, Kazakhstan, placed by World Link in Dinuba, CA)
On November 26, 2022, I co-organized the first official Anthropology Student Conference...
American Councils Highlights Arystan Moldabekov ’07
Arystan Moldabekov, an alumnus of the Future Leaders Exchange (FLEX) program and the U.S.-Central Asia Education Foundation’s Enterprise Student Fellowship Program (U.S.-CAEF), has been...
Pull Yourself Up by your Bootstraps Bootcamp by Karina Ibragimova ’14
During her FLEX exchange year, Karina Ibragimova ‘14 (Aktobe, Kazakhstan/ Cogan Station, PA) was surprised by the variety of classes offered at her American...
Ayaulym Tursynkhnova ’17: Change Starts Locally
Ayaulym Tursynkhanova’17 (Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan /Beresford, SD) is both a FLEX and ACCESS Program alumna. She is a former City Representative (CR) of Ust-Kamenogorsk, and,...
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....
Kazakhstan FLEX Alumni Gather Humanitarian Aid for Ukraine
By Kamilya Zulfukharova ’17 (Taraz, Kazakhstan, placed by FLAG in Plainwell, MI)
Between February 15 and March 6, the American Councils' office in Almaty transformed...
Second Annual Central Asia FLEX-Ability Workshop: FLEX Alumni Bringing Ideas Leadership and Initiative to...
Fifty-one alumni from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan engaged in trainings and developed community ideas at the second annual Central Asia FLEX-Ability workshop on...
“Eco-Booster Challenge” Engages Social Media Trends
By Ramil Akmolin ’20 (Aktobe, Kazakhstan / Floresville, TX)
Social media plays a huge role in today’s world. One platform can be everything at once:...
Happy Beginnings FLEX $20 Challenge Project
On July 19, in Aktobe, Kazakhstan ZhanarTuleutayeva’13 visited a local day care center to introduce the children to the concept of volunteering and share her...
Lemonade Stand Fundraiser
On July 20, in Almaty, Kazakhstan eight recently returned alumni and two FLEX finalists set up a lemonade stand in the main shopping center...