1. Access Alumni Serve as Interpreters During Medical Mission

   Through the Access alumni's interpretation services, medical volunteers were able to provide 1,600 Guatemalans with medication assistance.

2. New Technology Increases Global Access to English Language Learning

   The State Department convened 24 educational technology experts at the White House for the first “Technology in English” workshop.

3. New Program Empowers Youth and Underserved Groups to Preserve Cultural Heritage

   Six new cultural heritage projects have been selected by the U.S. Department of State and World Learning to receive funding as part of the inaugural Communities Connecting HeritageSM exchange program (CCH).

4. Adzoavi Tatey

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   Adzoavi Tatey is an advocate who has dedicated her career to improving the welfare of women and youth in Togo. Before participating in the International Leadership Visitor Program (IVLP), Tatey was a dedicated middle school teacher. After returning to Togo, she founded an NGO called Alafia, which works to expand women's empowerment and youth education. In addition, Tatey was inspired during her IVLP to continue her own education and subsequently earned her degree in sociology.

   Through Alafia, Tatey has worked to eliminate harmful and demeaning cultural practices by working directly with traditional community leaders. They have worked to eradicate demeaning practices that impact widows, most importantly reducing the practice of depriving widows from their inheritance in the Aneho Region of Togo. Following the success of this flagship program, Alafia has broadened its horizons to advocate for women and youth education on a larger scale.

   Adzoavi Tatey continues to collaborate with fellow IVLP alumni and contacts she met in the United States during her IVLP to make meaningful and sustainable advancements for women and girls in Togo.

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5. Top 5 Ways for High School Educators to Promote Study Abroad

   Less than 10% of U.S. students study abroad, and very few of these students are in high school. Yet, studying abroad early builds global competencies such as language and cross-cultural skills, maturity, and clarity about one's post-secondary education and career. Learn how to help high school students achieve their dreams of studying abroad.

6. The Language of Understanding

   

   A National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) student describes her time studying Arabic in Egypt.

7. Butterflies in My Stomach: Foreign Language Teaching

   

   The FTLA program provides young educators of English as a Foreign Language the opportunity to teach foreign language at universities in the United States.

8. Maker Movement Engages Egyptian Visitors

   “Makers: Innovation, Education and Entrepreneurship,” is an International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) specifically for Egypt that took place from September 15 to October 3, 2014.

9. Take a look inside Madame Gadié's first grade French class. #IEW2017

   

   Take a look inside Madame Gadié's first grade French class at Shepherd Elementary school in Washington, D.C., to see the benefits of learning a foreign language at a young age.

10. Permanent Increase in Funding for U.S.-France Fulbright Program

    The United States and France are marking the 70th anniversary of the U.S.-France Fulbright Program this year with a permanent increase in funding for the program, underscoring the diplomatic importance of this international academic exchange between the two countries.

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