FLEX Alumni Poland and the Youth for Peace Project
FLEX Alumni from Poland took part in the project "Youth for Peace: 100 Years after World War I, 100 Ideas for Peace", which took...
Winter FLEX Alumni Volunteering Activities in Poland
The fledgling FLEX alumni community in Poland bravely faced the cold winter months without letting the weather stop them from continuing to give back...
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....
Central Europe FLEX Ability Workshop 2019
Fifty-four FLEX alumni from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and Romania attended the Central Europe FLEX Ability Workshop on November 13-16. Participants learned about smart...
The First Cohort of Polish FLEX Alumni Off to a Great Start!
Have you ever wondered how the FLEX Alumni program started in your country, or how the first group of participants managed to create the...
Charity Chess Tournament Connects Passion and Fundraising for Children with Cancer
By Emilia Egeman ’23 (Czestochowa, Poland, placed by ASSE in Wayland, MI)
During my exchange year in Grand Rapids, Michigan, I volunteered at a local...
Hearts From the Heart
By Tatiana Sobusiak ’22 (Poznan, Poland / Oshkosh, WI)
When one of my family members was diagnosed with breast cancer, it was one of the...
Helping Senior Citizens in Warsaw During COVID-19
In March 2020, when the COVID-19 outbreak began to effect Warsaw, FLEX alumnus Jakub Dzik ‘19 (Warsaw, Poland/Scio, NY) wanted to help out his...
FLEX and YES Alumnae Create International Educational NGO
In February, FLEX alumna Olga Jagiellowicz ’20 (Kolobrzeg, Poland/Monument, CO) teamed up with YES alumna Tatjana Syafira ’20 (Yogyakarta, Indonesia/Colorado Springs, CO) to found...