Amnesty International is a worldwide campaigning movement that works to promote all the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international standards. In particular, Amnesty International campaigns to free all prisoners of conscience; ensure fair and prompt trials for political prisoners; abolish the death penalty, torture and other cruel treatment of prisoners; end political killings and "disappearances"; and oppose human rights abuses by opposition groups.
AI-Kyrgyzstan had been functioning since September, 1999. Our organization priority goal is promotion of human rights through education because we are all quite young. Therefore, majority of our projects are educational. The recent activities were:
7-week project on educating 50 rural children about gender, human rights, leadership and sexual health. It is ongoing, we are going to have a concluding session this Friday. We are going to continue this project next autumn with 4 schools and 100 children.
We also organize campaigns and present human rights principles through activities for different events (e.g. international human rights day, anti-torture day etc).
Center of Democratic Education is promoting the Debate Program in Kyrgyzstan.
The major directions are: - Development intellectual skills of debaters - Development of critical thinking and oratory skills - Promoting of tolerance among youth.
AUCA Debate Club was founded in 1998. During these years AUCA debaters have distinguished themselves to be active and creative people. Several times AUKers won City and National Tournaments and successfully presented Kyrgyzstan at international tournament in Slovenia, Great Britain, Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and other countries.
The life of AUCA Debate Club is full of interesting events. Besides debating on important issues of contemporary society on City and Television Tournaments, debaters have a real opportunity to participate in the Annual Summer Debate Camp at the shore of Issyk-Kul lake and International Student Debate Forums in different countries. These events facilitate the friendship with peers of other countries and an unforgettable time spent together. Moreover participants of the Debate Program of CDE regularly meet at parties, mountain trips and celebrations. A very friendly atmosphere of the common goal for obtaining and integrating youth inspires our generation to explore their potential and to challenge their limits.
Web page design is one the most modern disciplines that gives an opportunity to create web-pages, design and place them in World Wide Web. This discipline became a hobby, a science or a work for millions people around the world. Some years ago students of AUCA also got an opportunity to know what it is. They were plunged in an absorbing world of design and found it very interesting. Creating web-pages now they can themselves choose the way their pages will look, put there any information and, besides, earn money. Every year number of people and students of AUCA involved in web-design is increasing. Now web-designers of AUCA have their own club, where they compare ideas and turn them into reality, discover new opportunities and teach each other. This club is an achievement not only for web-designers, but for everyone who wants to study this discipline and become a designer of his/her pages. For those, who dont have any skills in this field, advanced students will hold lectures and share their knowledge. Those, who already know enough about the web-design, make projects and teach students. Web-design club is a place where everyone can feel useful.
First when I came to AUCA, I heard about a team, which won a championship and hadbeen to Great Britain. I had a desire to enter that team, but when the schoolstarted I forgot about my desire. I didnt really know that, that teamwas SIFE-AUCA students. After few months of studying at AUCA one of my friendscame up to me and invited me to come to the first meeting of young SIFErs.There I was introduced with the meaning of SIFE, its mission, abouteverything what students do there. After the first project I participated and mydesire grew more. After that I took part in different projects and began to likeit. And now I can say that my skills in organizing have been developed more thanbefore.
We do projects, fundraisings and organize concerts and most of all we have FUN by doing so. Some part of the money that we earn in fundraisings we use in the other projects, in having fun and to buy snacks. Students who are involved in it get experience in conducting projects, making annual reports and make partnerships with businessmen.
SIFE - Students In Free Enterprise, Success Is Where We Specialize.
It was only a joke. Soulfly is for everybody who is interested in Psychology. Some people think that our club is only for psychologists, but our doors are open for everybody. The main criteria are your motivation and communication skills. Namely, these things help us to work on new project. We incorporate our skills of psychology in our projects. At the same time we do trainings for new comers for each project. When implementing projects, we self - educate because we are not professional psychologists so far.
Club of cheerful and quick-witted of the American University in Kyrgyzstan had been created by the student of our university in January 2000. At the present moment it is one of the most popular clubs in the university and has about 30 members. Different teams of our club had often took winning places on many festivals and games. So, in 2000, our team Kaulan won 1rst place in Ene tilim, ene sutum TV competition, conducted in Kyrgyz language. 2001 the team Evropa +AUK had received a right to participate in the Final game of the 2000-2001 season and thus became a vice-champion of Kyrgyzstan. The 911 AUK team had become the champion of the prime league of KVN in 2002, in the league where 17 teams had been participating. The members of the club are very active in the life of the university; also our members are represented in the Student Government. KVN is not only game - it is the life style.
Alpha &Omega is a fellowship that teaches and discusses Christian morals and values, readings and studies of the Bible. The club performs acts of social kindness. Club members study the Bible, acquire new knowledge, develop a new attitude towards the world, and take an active part in the life of AUCA. Everybody is always welcome to visit the Alfa and Omega club and to take part in our meetings.
AUCA FLYING B-Boyz strives to make the name of the AUCA synonymous with the name of progressive youth. We actually do one of the main streams in Hip-Hop culture, BREAKDANCE. What we do is dancing and helping others to master it. To become a member of our club you have to be physically strong, have a sense of rhythm, and just be interested.
The Star is the official student newspaper at AUK. Published roughly every three weeks, it includes articles in both English and Russian on university issues and topics of interest to students. Its newsroom is the Student Affairs Office, and the staff meets twice a week in a scheduled elective course to prepare the newspaper.
The television studio is dedicated to the memory of the former head of the Journalism department Raushan Hasanovna Bulatova. In 2000, the AUCA TV production studio equipped was opened with professional tele - and video equipment. The opening ceremony of the educational television studio took place on September 7, 2000, right before the journalists' International Solidarity Day. Today it is a cradle of budding journalists' first creations - TV programs, advertising clips, documentaries, etc. The center is intended for students of the Journalism program, but it is open for projects and programs of all other students as well.
Where nature is destructed, where sun is invisible because of smoke, where water is dark, where people forget about future, in the world of selfishness and greediness, there we are to solve the primordial beauty and power of nature. There we are to teach and help. There we are to care about future. About our future. About future of the next generations in the name of life and in the name of nature. We are Student Ecologic movement for Ecological Salvation "ECOS". We have own targets and activities. We devote ourselves to nature. We are ready to learn more and more. We are ready to work during day and night. Join us and be a part of us. ECOS club invites everybody interested in ecology. Welcome! Research our site: http://ecos.host.net.kg/
Amnesty International-Kyrgyzstan
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