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Posted on May 11, 2012 in Research Support
Blog tags: activists, civic engagement, migrants, research
Blog tags: activists, civic engagement, migrants, research
Maple Razsa, a 2011-2012 Individual Advanced Research Opportunities (IARO) fellow,...
Posted on May 1, 2012 in
Blog tags: make a better world, photo contest, photography, storytelling, tips
Blog tags: make a better world, photo contest, photography, storytelling, tips
Thank you to all who have submitted photos for IREX’s first-ever “Make a Better World Photo Contest!” With over 1,300 photo entries and still two weeks to go until the deadline on May 15, 2012, I’...
Posted on April 13, 2012 in Education
Blog tags: alumni, community service, education, Eurasia, leaders, muskie, professional skills
Blog tags: alumni, community service, education, Eurasia, leaders, muskie, professional skills
Right now, nearly 5,000 leaders in cities, towns, and villages across Eastern Europe, Central Asia and the Caucasus are working to advance democracy, spur economic growth, reduce poverty, improve...
Posted on April 13, 2012 in
Blog tags: careers, nonprofits, organization
Blog tags: careers, nonprofits, organization
As spring arrives and graduation season approaches, I’m finding it hard to believe that it has been 17 years since I graduated from college. Thinking back, I realize how much my perspective...
Posted on April 9, 2012 in Civil Society Strengthening, Conflict Resolution, Education, Gender, Media Development, Technology for Development, Youth
Blog tags: allies, communities, Congress, Department of State, exchanges, House, public diplomacy
Blog tags: allies, communities, Congress, Department of State, exchanges, House, public diplomacy
I am pleased to share with you an excerpt from the written testimony I recently submitted to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs in support of...
Posted on April 6, 2012 in Basic Education Development, Civil Society Strengthening, Education, Gender, Youth
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On a recent visit to a village 120 kilometers east of Almaty, I witnessed first-hand how the BOTA Foundation is helping under-resourced children and youth of Kazakhstan.
Posted on April 5, 2012 in Civil Society Strengthening, Technology for Development
Blog tags: access to information, digital, libraries, Romania
Blog tags: access to information, digital, libraries, Romania
I was recently given the honor of being named Romania’s Digital Champion by Ms. Neelie Kroes, Vice President of the...
Last year, Karen Bovard, a teacher from Connecticut, traveled to Indonesia as a fellow of the TEA-ILEP U.S. Teacher Exchange Program. Upon returning, she created an advanced high school course...
Posted on March 20, 2012 in Education, International Education, Technology for Development, Youth
Blog tags: exchange 2.0, international education, technology, technology for development
Blog tags: exchange 2.0, international education, technology, technology for development
Last month we discovered that our enthusiasm about exchange 2.0 was exceeded only by that of our international exchange students in Pakistan. A select group of forty students, all alumni of the...
Posted on March 9, 2012 in Conflict Resolution, Youth
Blog tags: Child Soldiers, Invisible Children, Kony, Kony 2012, Lord's Resistance Army
Blog tags: Child Soldiers, Invisible Children, Kony, Kony 2012, Lord's Resistance Army
Ricky Anywar, a former child soldier and a Community Solutions Program leader responds to the Kony 2012 video now circulating the web. He...
