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IREX is an international nonprofit organization providing leadership and innovative programs to improve the quality of education, strengthen independent media, and foster pluralistic civil society development.
Founded in 1968, IREX has an annual portfolio of $50 million and a staff of over 400 professionals worldwide. IREX and its partner IREX Europe deliver cross-cutting programs and consulting expertise in more than 50 countries.
Egyptian Teachers Pilot Civic Education Curricula
Curriculum kit gives Egypt's primary and secondary school teachers practical tools for incorporating civic education into lessons.
Kazakh Kids Get Hands-On Training in Renewable Resources
Alumni provide boarding school children with practical lessons on conservation and renewable resources
Ukrainian Teenagers “Say NO to Drugs” through Art Competition
Media partnership program raises awareness about drug use and HIV transmission among Ukraine's teens.
Groundbreaking Web TV channel Launching in Jordan
Innovative web-based television channel to feature video clips and features on Jordanian popular current events.
Sports Camp Unites Youth in North Caucasus
Ethnically diverse youth from six regions come together at a summer camp to unite their common interests and encourage mutual understanding.
Hundreds of Georgian Students Initiate Model UN
After participating in a Model United Nations project as an exchange student in the United States, Georgian UGRAD 2006 alumnus Giorgi Tskhekhani knew it was something that could be of great value if he could replicate the project in his home country.
New Media Resources Modernize Tajik School for the Blind
While many schools in Tajikistan lack the necessary support and resources to provide high quality education, the difficulties that boarding schools for the visually impaired face are even more daunting.
Online Forum Facilitates Fundraising for Life-Saving Surgery in Georgia
An online forum hosted through the USAID-funded, IREX-administered Internet Access and Training Program (IATP) recently connected the family of an internally displaced child suffering from brain cancer in Telavi, Georgia, with a public official in the capital Tbilisi.
Moldovan Community Project Connects with Transnistria
A USAID-funded community improvement project linked the communities of Dorotcaia and Grigoriopol, situated on opposite banks of the river Nistru, which separates the two cities in the jurisdiction of Moldova and the separatist region Transnistria respectively.
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