17 September 2013, Vanqala, Tajikistan – An unprecedented collaboration between alumni, instructors and students of the University of Central Asia’s School of Professional and Continuing Education’s (UCA-SPCE) Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) programme has contributed to the construction of a new village school in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast (GBAO), Tajikistan. This unique initiative brought together several generations of UCA learners in a community effort that will benefit 150 students from two villages in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast, Tajikistan.