 Egg Hunt at Tskneti Orphanage |
27/04/08 |
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It is commonly known that Easter is one of the favorite days of the year for Georgian children along with the New Year’s and their own birthdays. Red eggs, “paska”, and other tasty stuff – this all what a child wants on this day. Knowing this, FLEX alumni decided to make this remarkable ...
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| Earth Day Celebration at a kindergarten |
22/04/08 |
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Within the framework of a joint project, on April, 22 U.S. Embassy representatives Public Affairs Officer Cynthia Whittlesey and Public Affairs Assistant Magda Magradze together with more than 10 FLEX alumni led by ...
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| FLEX Alumni Celebrate Global Youth Service Day (GYSD) 2008 in Gori |
19/04/08 |
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Since two GYSD projects that received funding from the US Department of State were closely related to environmental protection and the location for both of them was Gori, Tornike Zurabashvili ’07 ...
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| Girls Soccer Game at “IRAO” stadium |
06/04/08 |
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On Sunday, April 6th 2008 over 56 ECA alumni gathered at IRAO stadium to watch the girl’s soccer game. The idea of making girl’s soccer tournament was born at American Councils alumni resource center on a wonderful spring day when Alumni Coordinator ...
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| Seminar on Free University |
27/02/08 |
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On Wednesday, February 27th 2008 26 ECA met together with Giorgi Meladze (UGRAD ’01) at the Alumni Resource Center to discuss the newly founded higher education institution called the “Free University”. Meladze, the founder and director of the ...
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| Grant Writing Seminar |
15/02/08 |
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On Friday, February 15th 2008 over 29 ECA alumni gathered in the Alumni Resource Center to listen to a seminar on grant writing lead by Koba Jabanishvili, ’06 FLEX alumnus. Koba shared his experience in grant writing with interested FLEX and UGRAD alumni. He talked about ...
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| Workshop on Global Youth Service Day |
18/02/08 |
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On Monday, February 18th 2008 15 alumni met together with Mikheil Benidze, FLEX ’06, and gathered in the Alumni Resource Center to get a deeper understanding of the Global Youth Service Day joint grant project offered through the American Councils office. Mikheil talked about the role of GYSD not only in alumni community, but also...
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| Seminar on The Global Village |
30/01/08 |
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American Councils for International Education conducted number of seminars followed last 2 months in alumni resource center on Global Village for leaders in business and industry.
First seminar took place in ...
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| FLEX 08
share their US Christmas experiences |
03/02/08 |
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FLEX 08 share their US Christmas experiences.
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| American Councils has finished recruiting for 2007-2008 FLEX program |
16/07/07 |
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American Councils for International Education has finished recruiting for 2007-2008 FLEX program. Committee of American Councils in Washington DC has selected 50 Georgian finalists. They are from different cities, towns and villages of Georgia. (See list of 2007-2008 FLEX Finalist)
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| FLEX Youth in Georgia Mobilize for World No Tobacco Day |
31/05/07 |
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31 May was the annual World Health Organization’s (WHO) World No Tobacco Day. This year’s emphasis was on smoke-free public places. A group of more than twenty alumni from American Councils’ FLEX program, and students of art schools and other university, together with the Georgian NGO, Framework Convention Alliance (FCA) mobilized residents of Tbilisi and promoted public awareness for the rights of non-smokers.
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| FLEX Youth in Georgia Mobilize for World No Tobacco Day |
31/05/07 |
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31 May was the annual World Health Organization’s (WHO) World No Tobacco Day. This year’s emphasis was on smoke-free public places.
A group of more than twenty alumni from American Councils’ FLEX program, and students of art schools and other university, together with the Georgian NGO, Framework Convention Alliance (FCA) mobilized residents of Tbilisi and promoted public awareness for the rights of non-smokers. Current legislation in Georgia prohibits smoking in universities, schools, hospitals and health institutions, public transport, cafes not serving hard alcohol, as well as all public places such as the airport, government buildings, cinemas and theatres. An individual can be fined $3 for each cigarette and the administration $120.
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| Clothe Drive at Nutsubidze Infant House |
13/05/07 |
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On May 13th 2007 over 30 Flex Alumni visited Nutsubidze infant house and brought clothes for local homeless kids. Activity was full of interesting interaction and entertaining games with residents of local infant house.
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| Clothe Drive in Kaspi Rehabilitation Center |
06/05/07 |
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On May 6, 2007 Georgian FLEX alumni visited mentally disabled youth located in Kaspi Rehabilitation Centre. Kaspi Centre has 40 residents of ages 4-18. All of them are mentally disabled and some of them are physically disabled too. Alumni brought clothes and food for them, played with the Rehabilitation Centre residents.
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