1. Crowd-sourcing Diplomacy

   Middle school children may seem like unlikely ambassadors, and even less likely global health advocates. However, an international, collaborative interagency initiative, called the Zika Education and Prevention Project, is empowering school children around the world to combat disease outbreaks.

2. Exchange Students Meet Domesticated Dogs for the First Time

   

   During their Youth Exchange and Study (YES) exchange program orientation, these students participated in a dog meet-and-greet.

3. World Learning: A World Fit for Kids! – Bahrain, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia

   

   World Learning, through a subaward partnership with A World Fit For Kids! brought coaches and administrators from Bahrain, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia to Los Angeles to learn how to better serve youth and to address health issues, such as obesity.

4. State Department Announces 2023-2024 Fulbright Top Producing Institutions

   More than 170 higher education institutions from across the United States are being recognized for having the highest number of accepted applicants to the Fulbright U.S. Student and Fulbright U.S. Scholar Programs.

5. State Department Announces 2023-2024 Fulbright Top Producing Institutions

   More than 170 higher education institutions from across the United States are being recognized for having the highest number of accepted applicants to the Fulbright U.S. Student and Fulbright U.S. Scholar Programs.

6. A Progressive Teacher for Uzbekistan

   Feruza Masharipova shares the knowledge, skills, and experience she has gained from her exchange programs with teachers and students in Uzbekistan.

7. Tahitian Exchange Alumna: Shine So Others Can Shine

   [Tahiti, June 2022] French Polynesian entrepreneur Manuia Maiti knew she wanted to contribute to her country’s economic development when she was just 19.

8. AWE Alumna channels her passion into fashion in Papua New Guinea

   Bonnie Naua, an Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) exchange alumna, is making a unique contribution to local style with her business Saroni Tailoring Services.

9. Sports Grant Provides Disability Skills Training to Coaches in Mexico

   

   The National Ability Center, in collaboration with the Departamento de Educación Especial for the State of Quintana Roo, Mexico, and UCP Wheels for Humanity in the United States conducted a multi-phased sports exchange for youth with disabilities with the goal of establishing sustainable sports programs that target youth with physical and developmental disabilities in Mexico.

10. Through One Woman’s Business, Fruits of the Forest are Helping Save Albania’s Hillsides

    The AWE program gave her the inspiration she needed to stick with her business goals - and not give up.

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