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  1. Tony Sanneh, Danielle Slaton, and Cheryl Bailey Travel to Malaysia

    A young Malaysian athlete works on her ball handling skills during a clinic in Kuala Lumpur.

    Former U.S. Men’s National Soccer Team player Tony Sanneh and former U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team player Danielle Slaton traveled to Malaysia.

  2. Japanese Baseball Delegation Visits the U.S.

    The Japanese delegation works on their pitching form with the Baltimore Orioles.

    The U.S. State Department, partnering with the Little League World Series and Ripken Baseball, brought Japanese baseball players and coaches from Japan’s disaster-affected prefectures to the United States from August 8-23, 2011.

  3. Sam Perkins and Dikembe Mutombo Travel to South Sudan

    The South Sudanese wheelchair basketball team plays a game.

    Sports Envoys Sam Perkins and Dikembe Mutombo traveled to South Sudan in October 2011 to lead a series of basketball clinics and teambuilding exercises with young people ages 12-25.

  4. The U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team Holds a Special Clinic in Japan

    U.S. soccer forward, Abby Wambach, meets some potential future members of Japan's national soccer team.

    As part of the “Empowering Women and Girls Through Sports Initiative,” the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team took to the soccer field with Japanese girls in Sendai, Japan on March 27.

  5. Sports Envoys Go to Greece

    WNBA Washington Mystics Player Ashley Robinson meets high school students at the “Break the Chain of Human Trafficking” all-star event.

    Partnering with the NBA and WNBA and working closely with U.S. Embassy Athens, the U.S. State Department sent basketball envoys to Athens and Thessaloníki in Greece.

  6. Lead with your heart

    Shirley Harrison, Executive Director, International Visitor Center, Jackson, MS

    Shirley Harrison, Executive Director of the International Visitor Center of Jackson, Mississippi, talks about her experience with IVLP and the importance of people-to-people exchanges.

  7. Empowering Women and Girls Through Sport

    SportsUnited: Empowering Women Through Sports

    Empowering Women and Girls Through Sport

  8. U.S. State Department & NHL Partner for Ice Hockey Exchange with Russia

    Photo of two ice hockey participants

    The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs hosted a Russian delegation of 18 youth hockey players and their coaches, who participated in the first-ever ice hockey exchange between the two countries.

  9. UGRAD Alum Organizes Charity Run Across Ukraine

    Ugrad Alum, Andriy Maksymovych, raised over $50,000 in donations for premature infants in Ukraine

    While studying in the United States, Eurasian Undergraduate Exchange Program (UGRAD) alum Andriy Maksymovych met an activist who biked across the U.S. to raise money for charity. Andriy decided to adapt the idea to raise money for premature babies in his native Ukraine.

  10. Make an Impact: Learn Chinese in China!

    Ryan Mandado, a Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) alumnus, tells us about why he chose to study Chinese.

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