Kidlink in Russian

Visitors can now click at on Kidlink's top page for information in Russian, a language spoken by over 277 million people in 30 countries around the world.

Kidlink is a global network acting to empower kids and youth using educational programs freely available through the Internet. People speaking Russian as a first language have been active on the network since 1990, but this is the first time they can do it in their own language.

The first module of Who-Am-I? is also available in Russian. This eight-month, multi-lingual educational program is an agenda for discussions guiding students to knowledge about themselves, their place, rights, friends, families, roots, and brings them in contact with peers around the world. It has 389 suggested questions and 244 activities, but no answers.

Teachers in many Russian speaking countries are now being trained in the use of Kidlink's programs, and their students are submitting their responses to Kidlink's four registration questions: Who am I? What do I want to be when I grow up? How do I want the world to be better when I grow up? What can I do now to make this happen?

To read some of their students' views on today and tomorrow, visit Kidlink's public RESPONSE area. Browse by week, or select by searching for responses from a given area. For example, put "Ukraine" in the "The subject is or contains:" box, and "1 January 2003" in the "Since:" box, then "Start the search!".

Volunteers in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan have done the translations, while work has been coordinated under the Internet Access and Training Program (IATP). IATP is a program of the Bureau of Educational & Cultural Affairs (ECA), US Department of State, and is funded under the US Freedom Support Act (FSA).

The International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX) administers IATP and its access sites in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. Through these sites, thousands of individuals per month receive free-of-charge access to the Internet, a wide variety of computer-related training programs, and Web content development assistance.

Recently, Raisa Kraeva was appointed manager of Kidlink's Russian language activities. She works as a teacher in Odessa, Ukraine, and has used Kidlink with her students since September 1992. Seach for "Raisa" in the search box below to see some of the things she's been active in.

A new Russian language forum is currently being tested, and is planned to be made public soon.