FLEX Alumni and GYSD 2017: Education and Career Advice Projects
Global Youth Service Day (GYSD) is the largest service event in the world and the only one that celebrates the contributions that children and...
Anatoliy Slobodenyuk ’09 Preparing an International Theatre Festival with Garmyder
Anatoliy Slobodenyuk ‘09
Lutsk, Ukraine / Yuma, AZ
Article written by Tatyana Movshevich '04
Over the last few years Anatoliy has had a range of different experiences...
FLEX Alumni Online: Best Practices for Organizing Virtual Events
During the COVID-19 pandemic FLEX alumni events have been moved online to be in compliance with local government regulations. This has pushed alumni to...
FLEX Alumni in West Ukraine Offer Democracy Seminar
FLEX Alumni Anna-Mariya Skakodub ’14 (Lviv, Ukraine/ Leola, SD) and Yaryna Faryna ‘13 (Lviv, Ukraine/ St. Cloud, FL) together with the NGO Solidarna...
Iaroslav Zhydenko ‘06 ‘Be proud of your work results’
‘Living in a foreign country independently at such a young age made me much more adaptable and able to communicate with people.
Iaroslav Zhydenko ‘06
Chernihiv,...
Virtually Exploring Chernihiv Together
COVID-19 may be causing many restrictions across the globe, but this hasn’t prevented the FLEX Alumni community in Central Ukraine from coming up with...
Uniting Alumni to Share Knowledge and Experience
By Diana Shalashna ’18 (Poltava, Ukraine / Englewood, OH)
From managing perfectionism to podcasting, from web development to youth civic engagement, it is hard...
Vira Hrabchuk ’19 and her Charitable Theater: “Poklykannia”
Vira Hrabchuk ‘19 (Ternopil, Ukraine/Colorado Springs, CO) started a theater company in Ukraine called "Poklykannia" to raise funds for disabled children in her community....
Eastern Europe FLEX Ability Workshop 2017 #EEFAW17
American Councils for International Education, through the FLEX program, organized a workshop for 76 alumni of the program on November 9-12 in Irpin, Ukraine. ...
FLEX Alumni Ukraine and the 50 Agents of Volunteering
Hanna Bondarenko ‘12 (Odessa, Ukraine/ Jamestown, CA) made a splash in 2019 with the ‘Agents of Volunteering’ Program. The project taught and empowered 50...