"Book Club" Project by Azhar Yerzhanova

Our FLEX GYSD projects are focusing on very different issues. Ecology, education, health - all those important topics are highlighted by the projects of our alumni who are going to take part in GYSD. We have already posted stories about an educational project in Georgia and an ecological one in Ukraine. Now it's time for Azhar Yerzhanova from Kazakhstan, who is organizing a project named "Book Club".

"Books are one of the most special gifts in this world, which gives an infinite opportunities like visiting Paris, Rome, London just in one evening, meeting captivating and compelling people, traveling from ancient to modern times and it’s all just through letters on the white paper. “A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. A man who never read lives only one” said George Martin and I absolutely agree with this. When person reads a book, he is diving into the whole different reality, lives someone’s life, making new friends and learns how to deal with problems on characters’ life experiences - this is the most magnetic thing about reading.

“UNI Open Air Library” project funded by US Department motivated me to start a reading club. I worked in UNI for 2 month and it was an unforgettable life experience, meeting different people, talking with them about books, getting life advices and of course our UNI team of FLEX Alumni was a bittersweet add of the job. 

Nowadays youth started replacing books with the computers (social networks, games) without realizing how big can be the damage of it. The project is not about books vs. computers, but making young people start reading and expanding their horizons. In the book club, we will be reading books (at least 8 books to finish) , analyzing them and inviting thought-provoking speakers, which will help our readers developing their boldness of thinking, That will help them in their future academic career and also will help in creating bright and competitive youth of our country".

Let's wish Azhar all the best with her project! Books should undoubtedly be great friends to everyone of us!

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