Follow along with blogs pertaining to the team’s activities, progress, and challenges along the way.
Team in Almaty, Kazakhstan May 19th – June 1st
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Building Bridges, Sharing Stories: A Day of Collaboration and Culture with Save Tuba
At Save Tuba, every day is an opportunity to learn, connect, and move closer to our vision of sustainable impact. Today was a shining example of how meaningful partnerships and cultural experiences shape our journey. We kicked off our day with a meeting with Evgeny Mukhamedzhanov, whose expertise proved invaluable as we refined our sustainable…
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From Strategy to Sustainability (and a Little Bingsu)
Today was a perfect example of how impactful connections—and good food—can shape a mission-driven journey. We started the day with a productive meeting at Almaty Management University (AlmaU), where we met with Kuanysh Abeshev, the AlmaU Dean School of Digital Technologies, an expert in educational technologies and a strong supporter of student-led innovation. Our conversation…
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A Day in the Field: Advancing Save Tuba in Kazakhstan
Our recent fieldwork in Kazakhstan has been a whirlwind of meetings, insights, and new opportunities for our Save Tuba project. Here’s a quick recap of our exciting day. Half of our team visited Kazakhstan International School (KIS) to meet with Leigh Pritchard, the assistant principal. After discussing their school’s structure, we learned that KIS does…
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A Day of Inspiration, Insight, and Beshbarmak: Save Tuba’s Journey at AlmaU
At Save Tuba, every day brings new opportunities, challenges, and—sometimes—unexpected culinary adventures. Yesterday was no exception, as our team dove headfirst into a day packed with progress, partnership, and a taste of Kazakh tradition. We started our day off by arriving at HQ, finishing up our To-Do lists. Around 2PM, our journey took an exciting…
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Kicking Off Our Save Tuba Fieldwork at AlmaU
After a marathon 16-hour flight from New York, we finally touched down and, after a well-deserved rest, started our adventure bright and early at 8:00 AM with a cozy breakfast at our hostel. Fueled up and ready to go, by 10:45 AM we were off to Magnum to exchange our US dollars for Tenge-the first…
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