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Community Connections

Success Stories

KYRGYZ REPUBLIC:
Overcoming Contemporary Challenges in Islam for Professional Women

International House of Metrolina, Charlotte, North Carolina, 2008
Ms. Roza Zhumaeva, Deputy Akim (District Government Administrator) of Naryn Rayon, Kyrgyz Republic, travelled to fifteen remote mountainous villages to share her U.S. experience gained as a participant of the USAID Community Connections program. As a result of her efforts to disseminate her impressions of professional and cultural life in the U.S., thousands of Kyrgyz citizens from remote villages have benefited ... Read full article (PDF)

SERBIA: The Spirit of Volunteerism Inspires CC Participants

World Affairs Council of Oregon in Portland, Oregon, 2009
The participants of the Serbian Marketing program brought home a new spirit of volunteerism after their three-week training in Oregon. At their in-country debriefing meeting back in Serbia, they expressed how impressed they were with the aspect of volunteerism in the US, and how they hoped to practice this in their home country individually and as part of their companies. Read full article (PDF)

ARMENIA: New Center Provides Resources for Special Needs Children

Columbus International Programs, 2008
Zhanna Paylozyan, a methodologist, and Sona Harutyunyan, the Director of Social Services at the Medical and Psychological Assessment Center in Yerevan, have recently opened a playground for special needs children at the center. Modeled on examples from the CC exchange to the U.S., the two alumni, with support from the center's Director, created a space to contribute ... Read full article (PDF)