Democracy, Economics Camps Attracts Central Asia’s Youth
For a second time, the USAID-funded IFES project in the Kyrgyz Republic conducted the International Democracy Summer Camp for youth from Central Asian countries. Under the slogan “I, We, and the World,” the camp led its participants from every region in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan through discussions on the issues of individual, society, and the world. Meanwhile, Junior Achievement, with the support of USAID, invited Kyrgyz, Tajik, and Turkmen students to the Regional Youth Economic Summer Camp in Tajikistan. The students visited joint ventures operating in the area and competed with each other in setting up businesses at camp.
Turkmen youth also had an opportunity to attend the Youth Leadership Camp, organized in part by USAID’s Participation, Education, and Knowledge Strengthening (PEAKS) program in Ashgabat. While the students participated in trainings on subjects such youth leadership, establishing youth clubs, and business, provided by USAID partner, Junior Achievement, trainers from Uzbekistan met with their teachers to discuss topics involving youth in curriculum development, community and school decision-making, and the utilization of new teaching methodologies in secondary schools.
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Several USAID programs arranged summer camps for youth to further their
education in the areas of leadership, business, and civic responsibilities
Photo Credit: PEAKS |
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