A Summer Camp in Gharm, an Isolated Region of Tajikistan
Gharm is one of the most isolated regions of Tajikistan, and only about two high school students from the region are selected annually to...
First Annual North Kazakhstan Debate Cup in Petropavlovsk, Kazakhstan
First Annual North Kazakhstan Debate Cup: On December 28, Madina Rakhimzhanova ’14 together with the Nomad Debate Club organized the First Annual North Kazakhstan Debate...
Announcing The Online Mentoring Program for Alumni with Disabilities!
The Online Mentoring Program for FLEX and YES Alumni with Disabilities is a three-month mentoring program aimed at connecting junior and senior alumni of the...
FLEX Alumni and the Montenegrin American Youth Alumni Association Celebrate Montenegro’s Invitation to Join...
Since 2012, U.S. Government alumni have organized events in Montenegro aimed at teaching the country’s citizens the value of NATO membership and raising public...
Faces of FLEX Photo and Video Contest Winners
Natia Sirdadze ‘08 (Georgia) and Olga Fisakova ‘09 (Russia) took first place in the photo and video categories and received iPad2. The winning photo...
FLEX Alumni Grants and FLEX Alumni Global Youth Service Day (GYSD) Matching Grants Programs
Alumni from all FLEX countries applied to the two grants programs. The FLEX Grants Program offers alumni groups the opportunity to apply for grants...
FLEX and YES Alumni Coordinators Gather for Training in Tbilisi
From August 13-16, 2018, 25 FLEX and YES Alumni Coordinators representing 21 countries gathered in Tbilisi, Georgia, for the Alumni Coordinator Training, an annual...
From Host Family to Forever Family
By Darija Barsukova ’20 (Riga, Latvia, placed by PAX in Oshkosh, WI)
Maintaining contact with a host family after completing your exchange year can be...
FLEX Alumni Teach English to People with Disabilities in Turkmenistan
Aylar Reimova ’18 (Ashgabat, Turkmenistan/Fenton, MO) and Kerven Muradov ’17 (Ashgabat, Turkmenistan/Stamford, NE) organized and coordinated four virtual English teaching classes for nearly 50...
Recruitment in Talas FLEX $20 Challenge Project
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...