Youth For Uderstanding
( YFU ) - International Exchange

YFU - Kazakhstan programs

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         YFU office in Kazakhstan was founded in 1996 by Kadisha Dairova who is at the present time a Counselor in charge of Education, Culture and Press and Representative of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan at the Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the US and Canada
         Since 1999 the National Director is Gulnar Seisenbayeva.

During years of work YFU-Kazakhstan had more than 150 participants from Astana, Almaty, Atyrau, Semipalatinsk, Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kostanai, Pavlodar, Karaganda, Zhezkazgan, Uralsk, Zhambyl and other cities.

Participants of the Freedom Support Act(FSA) program were sponsored by US Government through United Stated Information Service(USIS).
Several participants were awarded with scholarships of ExxonMobil and Phillip Morris companies.

• You learn language and culture of other nations
• You absolutely have more chances to earn scholarship/financial help of a foreign university
• Self-confidence and unforgettable experience
• Gaining skills so necessary in the interdependent world
• Friends and families in other countries
• Membership in YFU alumni club, contact with former and new participant

                " I have changed a lot during this year, I became more independent .
                 I have only best impressions and memories of my exchange program.
                 I am so grateful to my parents and YFU - Kazakhstan for making my dream
                 come true. YFU is cool! GO YFU! "
                                                                                        Lyazzat Chukeyeva, Almaty