On December 2010 a group from the cities of Tatarstan participated in a Community Connections—Russia program. The delegation of ten specialists from the cities of Kazan, Nizhnekamsk, Naberezhnye Chelny, Almetyevsk of the Republic of Tatarstan traveled to Raleigh, North Carolina. The exchange program included an examination of the issues on healthy lifestyle.
The program is organized and financed by USAID and administrated by Project Harmony, Inc.in Russia.