"Surva" - Bulgarian masquerade festival between the tradition and the modernity
January 31, 2017 Bulgaria, yes abroad
By Rumyana Yotova, American Councils Bulgaria Program assistant On January 28th American Councils team in Sofia together with YES abroad students Rachel Freeman and Elijah Septoff visited the International festival of masquerade games “Surva”. The festival traditionally takes place in the city of Pernik every year in the last weekend ...
Not Quite 17 Again: A YES Abroad Alumna Returns to Sarajevo
By Emma Morgan, American Councils BiH Administrative Intern, YES Abroad Bosnia and Herzegovina '14 Returning to the place where you were a high school exchange student is a strange thing. At times, you feel like you’re 17 again, but the trick is to remember that you’re not. You’re older now, ...
YES Abroad Macedonia Mid-Year Orientation (January 16th and 17th, 2017 – Veles, Macedonia)
January 20, 2017
By Vesna Naumovska, YES Abroad Coordinator It’s been 5 months that we have Jeremy, Kyra, Jaleh and Arshia in Macedonia. They were not happy at all that they are on a half way of their exchange, so instead of Mid-Year Orientation we called this Orientation “Trip to Veles”. We organized ...
TEACHING OPPORTUNITY (U.S. citizens) at American Councils, Southeast Europe
January 12, 2017
American Councils in Southeast Europe (SEE) seeks PDO Teachers to prepare U.S. State Department FLEX and YES exchange program scholarship winners for the 2017-18 school year. Under the guidance of American Councils, PDO Teachers and FLEX/YES alumni Teaching Assistants will orient finalists to American culture and family life at ...
Holiday gifts for socially disadvantaged families
Our English Microscholarship Access students from the Islamic High School Elci Ibrahim-pasina Madrasah Travnik, the Catholic School Center “Petar Barbaric” Travnik and the High school Mjesovita srednja skola „Travnik“ in Travnik, the High school Srednja mjesovita skola “Zepce” in Zepce and the Islamic High School Osman ef. Redzovic Madrasah in ...
Holiday Cheer At The American Corner in Banja Luka
By Lela Draganić, YES Programs Local Coordinator for Bosnia and Herzegovina YES Abroad student Tana and Deputy Director of the Embassy Branch Office with kids at Thanksgiving For three years now, the American Corner in Banja Luka has been a wonderful partner to American Councils in Bosnia and Herzegovina. ...