More GYSD activity in Russia!

The air is getting warmer, the Sun is shining brighter, and the Global Youth Service Day is getting closer!

Our FLEX GYSD grant winners are working hard on their projects to make the 25th GYSD celebration the best one! 

However, it is possible to organize something even without a grant! Russian alumni from Bashkortostan are a great example of that! Other than Lyudmila Savelyeva's project that you could learn about in the previous entry, there are at least 3 alumni GYSD events that will celebrate Global Youth Service Day in this region!

Elina Khusnullina, a 2011 alumna from Sterlitamak,  and Kseniya Terentyeva are organizing a big clean up in the city! Teams of volunteers will compete in this promoting the importance of caring about the nature! A similar event was already orgaized last year and had a huge success! 700 kg of rubbish were collected and the whole city enjoyed a big concert afterwards!

Alumna Inna Kuzmina is organizing a GYSD project on April 20 in Belebey town. She is going to have a dancing workshop for kids from a local orphanage and have some pizza afterwards!

Another town in Bashkortostan, Oktyabrskiy, is going to celebrate GYSD with a great ecological project. Elina Minnigalieva, an alumna of 2012 is organizing a project called "Plant Your Own Tree". Elina and other volunteers are going to plant trees in different parts of the town. It is also nice to know that the project was also organized last year. The more trees are planted - the greener the town is going to be!

These are just a few examples of great ways to celebrate Global Youth Service Day with us! Want more inspiration? Enjoy beautiful FLEX GYSD events' pictures from 2011!

You can also join to any GYSD project that has already been registred at http://www.gysd.org/! The interactive map on the very first page will help you with hat!

Keep up with our FLEX GYSD blog! More ideas and inspiration are to come! ;)