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Sports Visitor Program Promotes Disability Rights

State Department and U.S. Embassy Brasilia focused its Sports Visitor program on people with disabilities.

Regional Impact

Since 2002, SportsUnited has been active in the following countries.

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Venezuelan Deaf Sports Educators Learn New Skills to Take Home

Group photo after the completion of the U.S. Soccer Federation F Certification

As part of Sports Diplomacy’s sport, disability, and inclusion initiatives, ECA worked with U.S. Embassy - Caracas to bring 14 adult deaf athletes to New York and Washington, D.C. for a two-week sport visitor program.

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.

U.S. Sports Envoy Talks Mental Health during COVID-19

The COVID-19 global pandemic has placed health at the forefront of everyday conversations around the world.

Brazil and Basketball: Athletes from Sao Paulo

The Brazilian visitors work on dribbling by performing one-handed push-ups.

ECA hosted 14 teenage athletes—seven boys and seven girls—and two coaches from Brazil in the U.S. for a basketball exchange from February 6 to 18, 2013.

Community Outreach through Coaching Softball

Daley’s experience as an ETA in Malaysia was enriched through coaching softball.

Sports Diplomacy Scores!

A recent evaluation of ECA’s sports diplomacy programs, covering the years 2002-2009.

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

Tilabilenji Mvunga is the Site Coordinator for Sport in Action, an NGO that uses sport to teach life skills and educate individuals living with HIV.

Empowering Women & Girls Through Sports

In the midst of the NCAA's March Madness, the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announced an international sports exchange that brought 18 teenage girl athletes and 6 female coaches from all corners of the globe to Washington, D.C., and Denver, Colorado as part of the Empowering Women and Girls Through Sports Initiative.