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  1. Global Sports Mentoring Program: Majidah Nantanda

    Majdah

    Majidah focused her action plan during the 2013 Global Sports Mentoring Program (GSMP) on creating more opportunities for girls to play soccer at all levels in Uganda and has since made headway in doing so and gained support for her project.

  2. Sports Visitors and the Women's NCAA Final Four

    Basketball visitors had a chance to meet NCAA coaches after Final Four victories on the court

    Partnering with the NCAA, USA Basketball, and WNBA, the U.S. Department of State led a fast-paced and exciting basketball program surrounding the events of the Women’s NCAA Final Four.

  3. Soccer in Santiago: Empowering Women and Girls through Sports in Chile

    A soccer clinic engages a group of 12-14 year-olds from Lo Espejo, an economically-marginalized community outside of Santiago, Chile.

    From March 31 to April 7, former U.S. Women’s National Team Soccer Players Linda Hamilton and Kate Sobrero-Markgraf headed up a female-focused sports envoy program in Chile.

  4. Empowerment and the Soccer Field

    Women Empowered Through Sports

    "Playing sports gives a girl the feeling of empowerment, ...how to become a better, stronger character."

  5. 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.

  6. Track & Field Athletes from Kenya and Nigeria Participate in Sports Diplomacy

    The participants joined in Special Olympics activities at the Penn Relays in Pennsylvania.

    A group of Kenyan and Nigerian athletes participated in a fast-paced track and field exchange.

  7. Sports Visitors: Mongolian Wrestlers

    Mongolian Wrestlers pose with Hugh Dugan of the U.S. Mission to the United Nations after training with Jonas Serrano of Phyt Condition in New York City.

    Partnering with USA Wrestling, the U.S. State Department brought members of the Mongolian men’s and women’s national freestyle wrestling teams and their coaches to New York.

  8. Pacific Islands Track and Field Delegation Experience the Universal Language of Sports

    The sports visitors learn new track and field techniques and exercises at a clinic in Washington.

    The U.S. Department of State’s ECA has conducted several track and field programs, but none quite as unique as this most recent one with the Pacific Islands.

  9. Sports Diplomacy: Kazakhstan Boxing

    Sports United: Boxing Diplomacy

    A delegation of 12 Kazakhstani boxers and trainers traveled to the United States to visit community boxing programs and the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, Kentucky.

  10. U.S. Department of State and espnW Global Sports Mentoring Program

    Marina Levchenko and Maria E. Brennan

    Marina Levchenko currently works at the Russian Olympic Committee, where she is a senior expert for International Cooperation.

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