News & Events Newsletter Forums Chat Education Resources Site Map Global Citizenship & Youth Philanthropy (GCYP) Students at School #2, Gissar, working on the "Soccer Around the World" activity The Global Citizenship & Youth Philanthropy project enables young people to gain new and consolidate existing knowledge, skills, and values by learning and experiencing what it means to be a global citizen. Students and teachers from 15 schools all over Tajikistan completed these activities, learning about geography, history, languagues, culture, and, most importantly, cross-cultural understanding. Soccer Around the World View some of these maps to see what you can learn about geography by studying World Cup soccer... Lesson plan Russian | English See the results! What's in a Name? You'll be surprised how much you can learn about languages and world history just from a name... Lesson plan Russian | English See the results! Culture Wheel Here is a fun way to widen your knowledge of the culture of far away places, and learn how to work as a team too... Lesson plan Russian | English See the results! The Tajikistan School Connectivity Project for Central Asia is a project of Relief International - Schools Online's Global Citizenship & Youth Philanthropy Program and has been made possible with major funding from the United States State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and the Global Catalyst Foundation.