Projects for Peace: MNU student wins $10,000

Maqsut Narikbayev University student Zhazira Karataeva has received a $10,000 certificate. She was among the prize-winners of the Projects for Peace competition.

The competition, organized jointly with Middlebury College (USA), took place over three months. The organizers reviewed 10 projects and conducted interviews with the participants. The project “Speech for All” by Zhazira Karataeva, a student of the School of Liberal Arts, dedicated to inclusive access to early speech therapy support in Kazakhstan, was selected as the best.

Projects for Peace is a global program for young people aimed at developing innovative, community-oriented, and scalable solutions to the world’s most pressing problems. Through their work on the projects, student leaders expand their knowledge and improve their skills. The competition was founded in 2007 by Kathryn Wasserman Davis, who believed that young people should be motivated to take on the challenge of preparing for peace.

It should be noted, that MNU is a partner of Middlebury College. As part of the competition, the best projects are selected from students at over 100 universities worldwide.