🇲🇱🇷🇺 What do Pushkin, Cheburashka, and universities in Mali have in common?

Spoiler alert: practical youth cooperation.

🗓From June 7 to 11, representatives of the WYFD visited Mali. During the visit, they met with local authorities and students, participated in debates, and visited an orphanage where Cheburashka made friends with the children.

Here are the highlights⤵️

The dialogue that continues after the Festival
✅More than 1000 young Africans, including those from Mali, participated in the WYF 2024. Today, they are not just a delegation, but real partners.
✅Young people from Mali have joined the International Friendship Clubs, and we look forward to welcoming them at the WYF Assembly in September.

Education and language are the keys to cooperation
✅Interest in the Russian language is growing in Malian lyceums, and it is already being taught in educational institutions.
✅Our colleagues held lectures and meetings with teachers, recalling Pushkin and discussing the importance of language and culture for young people.

The media not only covers but also participates
✅We announced WYFD events on national TV and invited young people to participate.
✅We agreed to collaborate with Malian media outlets and universities on projects ranging from information partnerships to participation in thematic events.

We also visited one of the kindest places in Mali. WYFD representative Anastasia Chernobrivchenko brought Cheburashka to an orphanage 🩷

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