Kyrgyzstan

Monsoon, yoga, Ghandi,  curry  and spicy foods, 200% humidity level, monkeys walking in the city center, elephants, holy cows in the middle of highway roads, festivals, spontaneous temples, Taj Mahal, basmati rice, unbelievable traffic,

On August 30-31, 10 alumni visited the children at the Bishkek Orphanage and the Bishkek Rehabilitation Center.  These alumni had previously organized a clothing...

On August 8-12, Nargiza Kanybek kyzy’13 and Asel Matieva’13 visited Talas and its surrounding villages to share information about the FLEX program with local...

Saikal Nogoibaeva ‘09 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan U.S. City and State: Marysville, WA Saikal Nogoibaeva has accomplished a lot since her FLEX year 2008-2009 in Marysville, WA. She graduated this...

Kemel Toktomushev '04 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan/Pensacola, FL Here we go. I am sitting in a small airport in Florida waiting for the boarding call to catch a...

Yulia Tokareva ’10 led a team of FLEX alumni and representatives of the international student-run organization AIESEC in organizing Kyrgyzstan’s first-ever Tien Shan Model...

Cholpon Muradilova '11 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan/Brimley, MI Hello everyone! My name is Cholpon M. and I am a sophomore at American University of Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan. In 2010-2011...

Three FLEX alumnae remark on pursuing Master’s degrees at St. Andrews University while on Soros Foundation fellowships. Elnura Sulaimanova ’06 Naryn, Kyrgyzstan/West Milford, WV Diana Durusbek kyzy...

Akmaral Arzybaeva '07 Tashkumyr, Kyrgyzstan/Needham, MA I was a six-year old girl who would bring candies from home and sell them to classmates at school until my...

Izat Osmonov '09 Kant, Kyrgyzstan/Hobe Sound, FL During my year abroad as a FLEX exchange student in South Florida in 2008-2009, I blogged on the experiences of...