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CHEESy story

My friend and Volunteer of the very 1st Buryatia Summer School which had happened in 2009, Kate Willison, sent me a message on FB telling her news and saying that she will soon learn how to make goat cheese… That reminded me how much I love cheese, too, that I even made one myself (for the first [...]
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My Zakamenski experience

After several years of using that old excuse that I’d come back to Buryatia “when I got the chance,” I finally made good on my commitment this summer. Granted, I was already in this part of the world, anyway–primarily to work on the Great Baikal Trail, and use Irkutsk as my home base. Getting to [...]
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Link to Rachel’s blog, Volunteer of 2011, about her summer in Buryatia, Russia

http://notesfrombaikal.blogspot.com/ – link to the blog http://notesfrombaikal.blogspot.com/2011/06/backlog-entry-khamney-hs-graduation.html – little story from Khamney HS graduation. The full story of Rachel’s volunteering experience is coming up soon!!!
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WHERE it will be: Khamney village

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Our new poster! Please, spread the word

Hi, You can find our new poster on the website in the right tab or following this link. Please, print it out and hang it in your university or workplace, or even your door :) Just tell Your friends or forward the link to save the environment :) Thanks to everyone!
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who did help us so much in Ulan-Ude, or Irina’s story for BSS blog

It started on the day I found the project in Internet in March 2010. I was in Moscow, contacted Ayuna directly and we met to discuss my possible cooperation and help. In May I arrived in Ulan-Ude – it was right the time the future volunteers were taking their final decision to come here. Many [...]
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Sorry, we decided to close all the comments to the posts cause only 15 out of 300 are real comments. other are spam. Though all the critical stuff and support is welcomed to be posted on Facebook, for example. :) Thx!
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SEND TO: Yengorboy primary school, Shkolnaya st, Yengorboy 671931 Buryatia republic of Russia

Hi to all, Hi to Catherine, Heath, Michal and all the others who have asked me about that or are interested in, I have received several messages from some of you like that: “I’m not able to participate in the School this year unfortunately but I would like to send some books may be to [...]
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POSTCARDS FROM BERLIN

Here on this photo you see me and my Berliner Friend Max. Last time we met in Berlin on … let me think, I think, it was 9th of July 2010. We saw each other shortly one evening 2 days before I left Berlin. I was very excited as the School was going to begin [...]
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Future of the project? The brief story of the School’s evolution.

Hello, Here is a brief story of a change of the concept of the School – after 2 months of living in the villages of Zakamensky district of Buryatia republic of Russia and 1 month of teaching, teaching, teaching at the local schools. As the 2nd Summer School in Buryatia has finished, I was as [...]
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  • Volunteer Summer School in Buryatia

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    • WHAT: Teach kids, travel and explore Buryat culture, food and nature.
    • WHERE: Eurasia -> Russia -> Buryatia
    • WHEN: 2011.
    • HOW MUCH: Cost
    • WHO: Volunteers from different countries of the world, those who want to visit the place they have never been to, want to see what they haven't seen, want to live unique experience, broaden own mind and help local children to get a wider exposure to the world and opportunities of the education.

    Make change - educate yourself and others!


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