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  1. YES Story: Sara

    YES participant Sara

    Sara discusses her exchange experience in Indiana.

  2. ILEP Video: Visiting the United States and Enhancing Teaching Skills

    Carlos from Brazil says ILEP changed him for the better.

    Why should you go to the United States to enhance your skills as a teacher? The International Leaders in Education Program brings outstanding secondary school teachers from the Near East, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa and the Western Hemisphere to the United States.

  3. Empowering Women and Girls through Sports: When Final Four Is Only the Start

    On April 6, the first annual UN International Day of Sport for Development and Peace synced with the midpoint of the U.S. Department of State's 2014 NCAA Women’s Final Four Basketball Program, a flagship multi-nation sports visitor program, administered under the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs’ Empowering Women and Girls through Sports Initiative.

  4. Building Bonds with Burma through Basketball

    Burmese teenage girls practice their skills together at a D.C.-area high school.

    Sports Diplomacy tipped off 2013 with the first-ever State Department Burmese sports visitor program.

  5. YES Story: Zaid

    YES participant Zaid

    Zaid discusses his exchange experience in Indiana as a Jordanian Christian with many Muslim friends.

  6. Sports Visitors to China Focus on Underserved Populations, Youth with Disabilities

    U.S. Ambassador to China Max Baucus, a former Senator from Montana, meets with the Sport for Social Change group at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing.

    The University of Montana conducted a two-way exchange between participants from the U.S. and China to share best practices, as well as receive training in project management and development.

  7. GO GIRL Pakistan Empowers Pakistani Girls through Sport by Involving the Whole Family

    Two young players engage in a skills drill at a GO GIRL Pakistan camp

    As the head of GO GIRL Pakistan, Fatima Saleem, a Global Sports Mentoring Program star alumna, funnels her energy into organizing sports clinics and mentoring sessions for Pakinstani girls—ranging from pre-schoolers to adolescents in age and representative of different socioeconomic classes. The key factor to Fatima’s success is engaging the men of the families and, ultimately, whole community in these programs.

  8. YES Story: Nicole

    YES participant Nicole

    Nicole discusses her experience being hosted in Texas.

  9. A Step Towards World Peace

    A Step Towards World Peace: Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program

    "I got to know more about [the people I met here], their culture, their history, the things they believed, and because of this, I understand [now] why they behave the way they do. I think it is a very important step towards world peace." - Francisca, from India on the Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program.

  10. Young Southeast Asian Leader Works to Protect the Environment

    Young Southeast Asian Asian Leadership Initiative (YSEALI) alumna Quy Nguyễn from Vietnam discusses her experience as part of the 2015 YSEALI program that focused on global environmental issues.

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