From Shymkent to Jakarta. Life Before and After
Khassiyat is a teacher, philology of English and French languages. She has been working as a deputy director in the Academy of Languages in Shymkent. In search of some challenges, she passed entry exams...
Leyla Makhmudova. TEDx, Comic Books and Gender Equality
Leyla is among of the changemakers who brings her personal efforts to make a difference. She is handling different projects and shares the insights, her current view on education and the changes we all...
Leading Youth Organization AIESEC in Iran and Kazakhstan
My name is Diyara. People tend to misspell or mispronounce it and that’s the reason I like it more. I’m 23 and I’m that kind of person, who constantly looking for new opportunities and...
Guzal Yergesheva: Even Small People Can Reach Their Heights
Guzal Yergesheva was born in a sports family. Her parents have the higher degree in physical education. Her mom played volleyball, her dad is a master of sports in weightlifting. When she was born, the...
30 Under 30: Nommi CEO Alyona Tkachenko on Solving Travelers’ Problems
Alyona Tkachenko is a co-founder and CEO at Nommi. Nommi is a router for international travelers, which allows them to always be connected, both at home and abroad. Before Nommi, she worked in large...
Traveling with a Purpose: Kuat Bolatov about Kazakhstani Overseas
Kuat Bolatov is well known in social networks for his active traveling and documental movies about Kazakhstani people in different countries. He is getting a master degree in environmental sciences in the Netherlands. He...
StudyKazakhstan: An Ambitious Team Invites Foreign Students to study
How did you guys come up with idea of project?
At the beginning of this year, 18 February to be exact, I joined Neupusti.net team, whose founder is Ardak Berdibekov.
Neupusti.net is a platform of opportunities...
The Recourse We Have to Provide Quality Education in Kazakhstan
After graduation from university, starting an adult life, one has lots of questions. After university, I have applied for a work in school, but it was boring for me to live on a strict...
How Asian Development Bank improves the livability in Dushanbe, Tajikistan
A few weeks ago I was in Yokohama, Japan attending 5th Asian Youth Forum as a back-to-back event to the 50th ADB Anual Meeting. The main objectives of the 5th Asian Youth Forum were...
E-Waste to support Sustainable Development Goal #12 in Kazakhstan
Since my studies, I have been investing my free time in realizing myself in different industries: startups, tenders, and service work. That’s how I found UN, got interested in their activities and found my passion...