Organization: CENTER FOR CITIZEN INITIATIVES
Mission: THE CENTER FOR CITIZEN INITIATIVES (THE "ORGANIZATION") IS A NON-PROFIT EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATION ESTABLISHED TO STIMULATE AWARENESS OF ISSUES COMMON TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE FORMER SOVIET UNION AND TO PROMOTE CITIZEN DIPLOMACY. THIS IS ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH A TRANSFER OF BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT CONCEPTS TO RUSSIAN ENTREPRENEURS AND OTHER PROGRAMS THAT ASSIST RUSSIAN CITIZENS IN SECURING ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL REFORMS AND FOSTERS COOPERATIVE PARTNERSHIPS AND RELATIONS BETWEEN THE U.S. AND RUSSIA.
Activities: THE NIKA THAYER "ANGELS" PROGRAM - (ANGELS), CREATES COMPUTER LABORATORIES AND PAYS FOR DAILY TRAINING TO TEACH COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY TO ST. PETERSBURG ORPHANS. THE PURPOSE IS TO GIVE THE ORPHANS COMPUTER SKILLS TO HELP THEM FIND JOBS AND TRANSITION FROM ORPHANAGES WHEN THEY LEAVE AT AGE 17. THE ANGELS PROGRAM SUPPORTS FIVE ORPHANAGES WITH APPROXIMATELY 250 TEENAGERS WITH THE SHORT TERM GOAL TO EXPAND TO TEN ORPHANAGES OFFERING CLASSES FROM COMPUTER BASICS AND TOUCH TYPING ALL THE WAY TO EXCEL AND COMPUTER GRAPHICS,PREPARING THEM FOR SOLID EMPLOYMENT IN THE WORK WORLD.
BLOG PROJECT- (ROPV), IS TO PROVIDE A BLOGSPACE FOR DIFFERENT INTERPRETATIONS OF WHAT IS HAPPENING IN RUSSIA AND IN US-RUSSIA RELATIONS TODAY. MULTIPLE POINTS OF VIEW ARE RESPECTED WITHOUT GETTING INTO ARGUMENTS ABOUT WHO OR WHICH VIEW IS RIGHT OR WRONG.
BOOK PROJECT - IS A NON-FICTION BOOK COVERING ALL CITIZEN-INITIATED ACTIVITIES TO REDUCE TENSIONS BETWEEN US-SOVIET-RUSSIA RELATIONS, AS AN EDUCATIONAL TOOL FOR THE PUBLIC SECTOR.
NTEE category: International, Foreign Affairs & National Security
Secondary category: Education