Support for these projects was provided in part by the FLEX Global Youth Service Day Grants Initiative, which is funded by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State (ECA) and administered by the American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS.

воскресенье, 5 мая 2013 г.

"Rebus" Mini-books" Project in Ufa, Russia

We keep on bringing you stories about our great GYSD projects that have taken place in Eurasia! Our next story is about FLEX alumni from Russia who have organized the "Rebus" Mini-book" project!


Alumni came up with an idea of the project during their visits to the orphanages in Ufa.  They decided that mini-book “Rebus” will be created for children, who live in orphanages, rehabilitation centers and children homes. 

"Rebus" is sort of a riddle, where the words are presented as pictures with letters and numbers. Solving a riddle develops creative and logical thinking, teaches how to think out of box, trains visual memory and the correct spelling. The child learns to determine patterns, which broadens its vocabulary. 

The approximate number of beneficiaries was 500 children (each mini- book can be taken into pieces and each children can get 2-4 riddles from one book).
This project was the opportunity for FLEX Alumni and other volunteers to create the family environment in orphanages and make it easier for children to live in the modern world, where they will have to make unusual decisions as fast as they can.


FLEX Alumni cooperated with the students from Moscow State Humanitarian University named after M. Shokhov and the university gave the studios and equipment for the team. Moreover, the organization “Fund of support of the national Bashkir cinema” gave 3000 rubles to create mini-books.  FLEX Alumni also cooperated with USG Alumni – IREX, Business for Russia. 


The presentation of the project took place on April 26 and 27. FLEX alumni organized art classes with them. Also, the mini-books wete sent to the other orphanages in Bashkortostan. At the end of the class, children created their own riddles and solved them with their friends.

The front cover and riddles were created by  Diana Bikbaeva ’10. The riddles were created by Karina Khaibrahmanova ’11,Kamila Danilova ’10, Mikhail Ivanov ’11  and Mila Savelyeva ’09.

This is a great example of how simple ideas turned into something really exciting and useful for kids! Thank you dear Ufa alumni for your GYSD activity and a big contribution to th development of cimmunity service!


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