Youth in Action
"If help and salvation are to come, they can only come from the children, for the children are the makers of men."
Maria Montessori |
Our support for youth has never been more important as we
strive to help nations make a lasting transition from communist,
centrally controlled political systems to open societies.
We would like to share experiences from our youth-oriented
programs to build awareness of the challenges facing our
region’s young people and their efforts to build a
better future. The links below lead to full text articles describing
our latest efforts to improve the situation for youth
in the Europe and Eurasia region.
This new youth web initiative is a resource
to educate students and teachers about our efforts and
a tool to build dialogue on the issues surrounding young
people in the region.
We welcome your questions and comments about our programs.
 Democracy's First Steps
"We want students to follow the rules; keeping quiet in the halls, attend class every day and finish school until the last year. We want to restore the school so that the students are proud to come here," said Xheme Tonuzi, in her campaign speech to her classmates. Xheme, along with 102 classmates, conducted the first student election ever to be held in their small rural school in Kruje, Albania. Read More ...
 USAID
Creates Summer Basketball Camp in Kragujevac, Serbia
Over one hundred teenagers, ages 14 - 17, from nine municipalities
of Central Serbia participated in the Kragujevac Summer Basketball
Camp, managed by Mr. Rod Wood, a basketball coach from Mary
Washington College in Fredrickson, VA. Girls and boys from
the region gathered and, through basketball games and instruction,
exchanged experiences and built new friendships.
Read More ...
 Eight
Thousand Albanian Students Building Businesses at their
Schools
All over Albania students have started up fast food services,
travel agencies and entertainment companies. They have organized
lotteries, shows, concerts and sold newspapers, CD’s,
jewelry and T-shirts that are designed and made by themselves.
They are learning how to run a business and how to make money.
Read More ...
 USAID Macedonia - Community Self-Help Initiative (CSHI)
Macedonia’s Youth show up in force to contribute to
the harmony and well being of their communities, with the
guidance of Mak Action (Macedonian Volunteers for Action)
in collaboration with the NGO “First Children’s
Embassy in the World-Medjashi” and assistance from
the USAID/CSHI program. Read More ...
 An
Honor for “ARKA”
USAID Macedonia Community Self-Help Initiative (CSHI)
The Roma Rights Forum “ARKA” received recognition
at CSHI’s Sunshine Awards Ceremony, for their contribution
to education and sustainable economic development in Kumanovo
through the establishment of the “ARKA” Center
for Education and Internet Club. Read More ...
The Orphanage "October 11" to receive
3 computers with educational software
Skopje - The Orphanage "October 11" the
only orphanage in Macedonia. It is home to 145 boys and girls
between the ages of 4 and 18 from all ethnic groups and from
all over Macedonia. The children study in elementary and
secondary schools in Skopje but starting Wednesday the children
gain access to modern educational software in their home,
thanks to a donation of educational programs from Login Systems,
Skopje and three used computers from USAID. Read More ...
 The "Filip Filipovic" Primary
School: Into the Modern Age
USAID Serbia & Montenegro - Community Revitalization
through Democratic Action (CRDA)
Katarina Krstic has been making ends meet for the past three
years, struggling with her income as a part-time computer
science teacher: "I started considering the possibility
of teaching at two schools in order to have one full-time
job with a full salary.” Thanks to a donation of computers
through the USAID-funded Community Revitalization through
Democratic Action (CRDA) program, not only does Katarina
have a full-time position at her local school, but she is
teaching her subject with modern technology. Read More ...
 USAID involves Children in Environmental Education
USAID Serbia & Montenegro - Green Schools' Students
In Serbia's CRDA Communities Protect Nature
The Green Schools Program is a comprehensive educational
initiative focusing on energy efficiency in schools. In Serbia,
the Green Schools Program, sponsored by USAID's implementing
partners CHF International and the Alliance to Save Energy,
has gathered educational institutions in a multi-ethnic and
bilingual initiative that introduces energy education, environmental
education and conservation into the school curriculum.
Read More ...
 Three Generations and a New Future
USAID Serbia & Montenegro - Community Revitalization
through Democratic Action (CRDA)
"When I grow up, I will not leave my village!" proclaims
seven-year-old Stefan Nikolic.
And Stefan's father, Duško, knows why: "These
sheep, we care so much about them. It sounds kind of funny,
but we don't look after anything else the same way!" They
are the family livelihood and their hope of staying in their
home towns.
Throughout rural parts of Central Serbia, families worry
about the future in their home towns and villages. Over the
past decade, opportunities for generating a decent income
have been few and far between in agriculture-based communities.
As children grow up, many look toward the larger cities as
places where jobs might be found, and lives might be built.
However, thanks to USAID’s Community Revitalization
through Democratic Action (CRDA) program, citizens are changing
their future plans and seeking to develop opportunities in
the villages where they were raised. Read More ...
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