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Internet Access and Training Program (IATP)

Environment

TAG Participants Establish Nature Reserve to Protect Environment Around Luhansk, Ukraine
July 31, 2007

discussion

In July, four schoolgirls from Shtormove village (Luhansk region, Ukraine) – participants in the Tech Age Girls (TAG) project – and their teacher concluded their community project entitled, “Ukrainian Orchid,” which is dedicated to establishing an orchid reserve in their village.

TAG Participants Establish Nature Reserve to Protect Environment Around Luhansk, Ukraine

discussion

In July, four schoolgirls from Shtormove village (Luhansk region, Ukraine) – participants in the Tech Age Girls (TAG) project – and their teacher concluded their community project entitled, “Ukrainian Orchid,” which is dedicated to establishing an orchid reserve in their village.

TAG Participants Implement Community Project in Rakhiv, Ukraine
April 27, 2007

Rakhiv TAG

In April, four schoolgirls from the town of Rakhiv (Uzhgorod region, Ukraine) – participants in the Tech Age Girls project (TAG) – and their teacher implemented their community project, entitled “Save Your Homeland,” which is aimed at cleaning the banks of the Tisa river in Rahiv.

TAG is an IREX project designed to equip Ukrainian girls from disadvantaged families and rural areas with technology skills to help them secure a brighter future. Since the beginning of October, 58 schoolgirls from six regions of Ukraine have attended IATP Step-by-Step training series.

TAG Participants Implement Community Project in Rakhiv, Ukraine

Rakhiv TAG

In April, four schoolgirls from the town of Rakhiv (Uzhgorod region, Ukraine) – participants in the Tech Age Girls project (TAG) – and their teacher implemented their community project, entitled “Save Your Homeland,” which is aimed at cleaning the banks of the Tisa river in Rahiv.

TAG is an IREX project designed to equip Ukrainian girls from disadvantaged families and rural areas with technology skills to help them secure a brighter future. Since the beginning of October, 58 schoolgirls from six regions of Ukraine have attended IATP Step-by-Step training series.

Youth in Turkmenistan Mobilize to Protect the Environment
April 23, 2007

TM_Presentation on Landscapes of Turkmenistan

In April, Earth Day and Global Youth Service provided extra cause to increase environmental awareness and community service in Turkmenistan. From April 20 to 23, over 50 people, including alumni of US government-sponsored exchange programs, students, government, and NGO officials participated in events organized at the Alumni Resource Center in Ashgabat.

Youth in Turkmenistan Mobilize to Protect the Environment

TM_Presentation on Landscapes of Turkmenistan

In April, Earth Day and Global Youth Service provided extra cause to increase environmental awareness and community service in Turkmenistan. From April 20 to 23, over 50 people, including alumni of US government-sponsored exchange programs, students, government, and NGO officials participated in events organized at the Alumni Resource Center in Ashgabat.