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Sports Visitors from the Dominican Republic and Venezuela
Organized to coincide with the World Baseball Classics, ECA had a Sports Visitor program for baseball and softball youth coaches from March 1 to 11, 2013.
Sports Diplomacy and Senegal: Empowering Women and Girls through Basketball
The Empowering Women and Girls through Sports Initiative’s 2013 calendar tipped off with the Senegal Sports Visitor basketball program.
Brazil and Basketball: Athletes from Sao Paulo
ECA hosted 14 teenage athletes—seven boys and seven girls—and two coaches from Brazil in the U.S. for a basketball exchange from February 6 to 18, 2013.
Bumping Up Efforts to Empower Women and Girls Worldwide: Gulf Nations Volleyball Coaches
Under the State Department’s Empowering Women and Girls through Sports Initiative, the Gulf Nations Volleyball Visitor Program brought 10 female volleyball coaches from Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, and Yemen to the U.S. for activities focused on the development of sports programs for women and girls.
One-on-one with Sports Envoy Sam Perkins and Sports Visitor Joseline Kenyi from South Sudan
In November 2012, Sports Diplomacy brought five South Sudanese coaches to the U.S. for a 10-day dynamic people-to-people exchange focused on developing youth basketball programs in the country.
Building Bonds with Burma through Basketball
Sports Diplomacy tipped off 2013 with the first-ever State Department Burmese sports visitor program.
South Sudan and Sports Diplomacy: Basketball Coaches from the World’s Newest Nation
Sports Diplomacy brought five coaches to the U.S. from South Sudan for a dynamic people-to-people exchange focused on creating opportunities for young South Sudanese to play basketball.
Russian Volleyball Players Visit the U.S.
The first sports visitor program brought Russian volleyball players and coaches to Southern California for a beach volleyball.
Iraqi Taekwondo Program
Working with the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, the U.S. State Department organized a dynamic taekwondo sports program.