1. First U.S.-Japan Sports Exchange

   

   The first U.S.-Japan Sports Exchange.

2. Sports Envoys in India: Empowering Youth through Baseball and Softball

   

   The State Department’s first-ever joint baseball and softball program sent MLB Hall-of-Famer Barry Larkin and Olympian Natasha Watley to India as Sports Envoys in Febuary 2013.

3. 2013 Moroccan AEIF Winner Mobilizes Entrepreneurship

   

   Ali Aaouine, 2013 Alumni Innovation Engagement Fund (AEIF) Winner (http://alumni.state.gov/AEIF), helped launched Greenside Development Foundation (GDF) in Imouzzer-Kandar, Morocco. GDF is dedicated to empowering unemployed young adults through new enterprise creation. More info: http://greensidedevelopment.org/

4. Delegation from Serbia Seeks to Boost Serbia’s Economy Through Bankruptcy

   The International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) hosted four delegates from Serbia in hopes of boosting the country’s financial infrastructure through bankruptcy.

5. Honoring the 2021 Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP) Heroes through IVLP

   Human Trafficking is not exclusive to one singular region; it occurs in every country. Traffickers often exploit the most vulnerable and marginalized.

6. 2022 TIP Report Heroes Connect with U.S. Community Leaders Through the IVLP

   Human trafficking is a pervasive global issue that affects every country in the world, and the Department of State has made combating human trafficking a top priority.

7. I Call the Shots! - Sports Diplomacy Empowers Female Referees

   Fourteen female basketball officials from Mexico joined counterparts in the U.S. for professional development and women’s empowerment workshops.

8. American Basketball Players Travel to Venezuela

   

   Two U.S. Sports Envoys, Kayte Christensen and Darvin Ham, joined former Maryland and current Memphis Grizzlies player, Greivis Vasquez, for a series of basketball clinics in Greivis’ hometown, Chacao, Venezuela.

9. Kazakhstan Sitting Volleyball Team Comes to the U.S.

   

   Kazakhstan Sitting Volleyball Team Comes to the U.S.

10. The Spirit of Volunteering

    

    Hip-hop organizer Apostolos (Tolis) Aristeidou learned an profound lesson on volunteerism during his time as an International Visitor in the U.S.- and he plans to bring this new found spirit back to his home country, Greece.

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