Rob Fuderich, Urakorn (Toon) Fuderich and Hassan Mohammad got together in Istanbul where they were attending a meeting of UNICEF and the Global Partnership for Education. Hassan is Chief of education for UNICEF Sudan. Rob is currently the UNICEF Representative to Uzbekistan based in Tashkent. Toon is taking a year off during which she is taking an intensive Russian language course at the University if Tashkent, traveling around the "Stan" countries, and gathering information on the Silk Road for a possible book for young adults. [May 2014]