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...
The Femeia SPIA Project Empowers Women in Moldova
John F. Kennedy once said, "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country”. This quote...
Happy Halloween from Kherson!
FLEX Alumni City Representatives in Kherson, Ukraine Borys Lesyk ’16 together with active alumni Yana Ustymenko ’16 and Myroslava Yarkova ’16 organized Halloween party...
A Purr-fect Match: Alumni Visit Cat Shelter for Community Service Project
By Marke Mark ’17 (Tartu, Estonia / Cass City, MI)
On January 22, City Representative of Tartu, Sirli Sildever ’20 (Tartu, Estonia / Hartselle, AL),...
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 Elected to AAA Board
Congratulations to Leyla Aslanova ’07 and Samir Khalilov ’06, who were recently elected to the US-educated Azerbaijan Alumni Association (AAA) Board. Here are their...
FLEX Alumni Build Libraries and Lifelong Connections
By Nyamdavaa Myagmartsooj ’19 (Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, placed by CIEE in Harrisburg, NC)
During her FLEX exchange year, Purevdari Ganbat ’22 (Mongolia) eagerly worked to enhance...
FLEX Heroes: Projects During the COVID-19 Pandemic
With the spread of COVID-19 across the globe, scientists, researchers, and health workers around the world joined forces to combat this novel virus. In...
FLEX-Ability Eastern Europe Conference
The FLEX Alumni program held the fifth annual FLEX-Ability Conference for 102 alumni. In its fifth year, the conference changed its parameters and included...
FLEX 20th Anniversary Celebration in Yerevan, Armenia
FLEX 20th Anniversary Celebration: On April 26, U.S. Ambassador to Armenia John Heffern hosted a celebration of the 20th anniversary of the FLEX program...