1. 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.

2. English Language Specialist Programs Photos

   

   Photos of participants in the English Language Specialist Program.

3. Teachers of Critical Languages

   

   American students learn languages such as Chinese and Arabic from native speakers.

4. Study Abroad in High School with the U.S. Department of State

   

   Calling all U.S. High School Students! Did you know you can study abroad with a U.S. Department of State scholarship?

5. Language Scholarships for High School Students NSLI-Y: 7-Weeks in Turkey

   

   Emily Morin, a 16 year-old from Washington, D.C. studied abroad for 7 weeks in Turkey with the National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) program.

6. Hosting a High School Student

   

   This video highlights the benefits of hosting a student with disabilities, through the story of Nehemiah Danjuma and his host family.

7. Experience America through a High School Exchange

   

   Every year, the State Department brings almost 2,000 high school students from almost 50 countries to live with an American host family and go to high school for a year.

8. Have Courage! Be a Leader

   

   "The idea of being a leader was not in my mind [before], but now I have courage to play a role in my school. [TEA] gives us hope that we can be leaders." -Mifdal Bouchaib, from Morocco on the Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program

9. YES Story: Yasmin

   

   Yasmin discusses her experience being hosted in Massachusetts.

10. YES Story: Yara

    

    Yara discusses her experience as an exchange student in Alaska.

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