On December 12, Rustavi American Corner hosted the Access Program enrichment activity on Environmental Issues. Ms. Sherry L. Wilson, guest speaker from the U.S. Embassy, lead the session and delivered a seminar on environmental problems, prevention of ecological catastrophes and ways of caring about ecology. The presentation was enriched with photo and video materials and allowed for active student participation.

04 December 2012 (Kyiv, Ukraine) - IDEA Ukraine Project implemented by PH International with support from Microsoft since 2008 has helped to provide computer literacy and other employability skills trainings to about 100,000 Ukrainians. Project's contribution has been highly regarded at the European level. The European Employment Forum held recently in Brussels (Belgium) awarded PH International Ukraine and IDEA Ukraine Project with the 2012 Youth Employability Award in the category Empowering Youth Through Technologies.

On November 29, Access Program in Kutaisi devoted an enrichment activity to Halloween and its celebration in the United States. Prior to the enrichment activity, Access students had worked in groups and searched relevant materials online to prepare their group presentations and draw parallels between American “Halloween” and Georgian “Chiakokonoba” (festival of pagan origins still celebrated in rural areas of Georgia a week prior to Easter).

On November 19, 2012 civics club students from Tbilisi public schools attended training on Healthy Lifestyle at Tbilisi Youth House, in the framework of Applied Civic Education and Teacher Training Program implemented by PH International and funded by USAID.

On November 25, Access Program in Batumi organized an enrichment activity devoted to drama.

Access Program in Batumi closely collaborates with PH International’s U.S. Embassy funded English Language through Civic Education (ELCE) Program in the frames of which, five Access Program students got to participate and act in a play “Robin Hood Meets Arsena Marabdeli” written and directed by the ELCE Program English Language Teacher Trainer (ELTT) Chuck Kinney

On November 22, December 3, and December 20, Access Program in Akhaltsikhe devoted two hour sessions to watching and discussing television series Connect with English.

On November 22, Access Program in Rustavi celebrated Thanksgiving. The session started with a reading activity, during which students had to read a text about the origin of Thanksgiving and answer some pre-, while- and post- reading questions. To conclude the activity, students worked in groups and camp up with the list of major facts about the origin of Thanksgiving.

On November 21, the 5th grade class of Kutaisi Public School #9 who were Inspired by the “Volunteerism” topic from one of the ELCE Program modules, and with the support of their English Language Teacher Tamuna Popkhadze in the lead, collected 10 large bags of clothing to donate to the Tbilisi Youth House Foundation to be later distributed to needy families in the Kutaisi area.

On November 20, Access Program in Ozurgeti organized an enrichment activity on the regional dialects and accents in the United States. Among the guests were Yaroslava Petrova, U.S. Embassy /PAS Cultural Attaché, Jerrold Frank, Regional English Language Officer (RELO) for Ukraine, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia and Moldova; and Tea Kuchukidze, Educational and Professional Programs Coordinator of the U.S. Embassy in Tbilisi.

On November 16, Access program in Gori devoted an enhancement activity to the topic of Civic Engagement and Voting. The session was facilitated by Sonja Follett, PH International’s English Language through Civic Education (ELCE) Program English Language Teacher Trainer (ELTT).