A slideshow highlighting Eurasia FLEX alumni's GYSD activities in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Central Russia & Moscow, Northwest Russia, Southern Russia, Upper Volga, Urals, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Central Ukraine, and West Ukraine.

2. Clean up competition at Ata-Turk park in
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, with the scavenger hunt game
about the circulation of water on the earth in which
55 students participated.

3. After the Bishkek
clean up and game,
volunteers enjoyed
a picnic and went to
plant trees in four
orphanage houses

4. Earth Day & GYSD campaign
in Tbilisi, Georgia –FlashMob
campaign organized by FLEX
Alumni in cooperation with local
NGOs

5. Environmental action
“Green Weekend” in
Sterlitamak, Russia,
with clean up
competition and
concert
700 kg of
rubbish was
collected,
prizes were
awarded,
and the
whole city
enjoyed the
concert!

6. GYSD and Earth Day Fair in Spartak Park in Dushanbe,
Tajikistan – FLEX Alumni and more than 100 volunteers in
cooperation with lots of NGOs and schools cleaned up the park and
painted the playground and the benches. After this there was a fair of
eco-friendly goods and a small concert.

7. Beach clean-up action in
Novkhani, Azerbaijan with
team building activities

8. Children-Education-
Nation in Korosten
Orphanage, Ukraine with
flower-planting and a
clean-up of Korosten Park.
Eco-signs were hung, too.

9. “Let’s Sculpt This World with Our
Hands” project in Ashgabat,
Turkmenistan, a series of art
trainings for 10 children with
cerebral palsy

10. Papergirl - GYSD “ECOjusna” in
the Cojusna village, Moldova – A
painting workshop on ecological
topics with 20 children participating

11. GYSD event in Aktobe,
Kazakhstan – FLEX
Alumni and their friends
cleaning the shore of the
Ilek river

12. The “Be informed-Get employed" project in Gyumri, Armenia,
with public distribution of brochures followed by "Why
Volunteer?” seminar

13. The “Clean and Beautiful Community” project in Borjomi,
Georgia – training about volunteerism and ecology at the Borjomi
Public School N.6 with fence painting, a clean-up and flower planting
over a 2-day period

14. GYSD “My Dream Planet” in Central Russia – a Moscow fieldtrip
for orphanage kids with an “Ecoloft” visit, a talk about eco-friendly
living, participation in “Do It Yourself” marathon activities and
exploration of different fun ways of reusing and recycling materials

15. Helping elderly in need in
Osh, Kyrgyzstan – Alumni
and volunteers visited 20
senior citizens, bringing some
food and cleaning their houses.

16. Chuli Clean-up
in
Turkmenistan,
80 people with 50
disabled children
participated at the
foot of Kopetdag
Mountain

17. A concert at the Home for the Blind in Dushanbe, Tajikistan
with dancing, energizer games, singing and having dinner

18. Clean-up of the Carpathian
Mountains in Yaremche
(Ukraine) – FLEX Alumni
and volunteers collected 23
bags of trash

19. “Today We Live Together” in Akhaltsikhe, Georgia, with a
discussion about volunteerism and a free dinner for 25 elderly
people. High school and university students prepared food,
and a local school organized a performance.

20. Excursion "Orthodox Volgograd" for 18 children from
orphanage in Volgograd, Russia

21. Tree planting in Jalal-Abad, Kyrgyzstan – 30 youth
volunteers from the School of Leaders, a local NGO created
by FLEX alumni, cleaned the territory and planted 90 trees in
the Eco-Park

22. Elderly House Visit in Dushanbe, Tajikistan included a clothing
drive, lunch preparation, a concert and a tree-planting, with 30
volunteers participating

23. “Pursuit of Happiness” in Turkmenabat, Turkmenistan –
A four-day camp with interactive environmental activities for 30
children at the Turkmenabat Orphanage for Children with Hearing
Disabilities

24. The “Everybody Is Special” Project in Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia,
in cooperation with local NGO Invatour, to improve the condition of
their facilities for people with disabilities

25. The “Everybody Is Special” Project in Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia
– Renovation and Decoration of Hospital #42

26. “Promoting Volunteerism” in Zestafoni, Georgia – FLEX Alumni
with School #5 organized a training event, city-wide clean up and the
distribution of brochures about healthy and clean environment, as well
as a big charity concert

27. Cleanup on the
riverbanks in Kayrakum,
Tajikistan
Visiting the Hospital for
Mentally Disabled People in
Pamir, Tajikistan, with a
clothing drive and a homemade
dinner

28. “Healthy Environment, Healthy Me” Action in Turkmenistan for
57 American Corner visitors, familiarizing students with the
importance of keeping our environment clean and taking care of our
health

29. "Let's Clean It Up" in
Neftekamsk, Russia –
Volunteers and children cleaned
the orphanage grounds, and
children expressed their feelings
about environmental issues in
their drawings

30. Visiting “Katarzisi,” the
oldest and largest elderly
house in Tbilisi, Georgia
Each FLEX brought along
one friend who didn’t have
experience in volunteering.
Later these friends signed up
as permanent volunteer
helpers in the house.

31. Volunteering for the XX Eurofest
of Odyssey of the Mind 2012 in St.
Petersburg, Russia – Hosting the
most creative and open-minded
people of the world

32. Orphanage Visit in
Dushanbe, Tajikistan
included a clothing drive
and energizer games with
kids

33. GYSD “Best Buddies Dance Marathon” in Moscow –
FLEX Alumni participated in an 8-hour-long dance
marathon fundraiser to support inclusion of people with
intellectual disabilities in Russian society