230 high school YES exchange students marked a successful program year during a Capitol Hill celebration with former US Senator Richard Lugar and Mark Taplin, ECA.
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Alumni UpdatesLiving for a year in the United States often provides opportunities for exchange students that would have been unthinkable in their home countries. For Youth Exchange and Study (YES) student, Nehemiah, from Nigeria, spending an exchange year in Arvada, Colorado meant feeling accommodated in a way he had never experienced in his home country.
Across the GlobeAmerican high school students living in Bosnia and Herzegovina as part of the YES Abroad high school exchange year joined forces with young Bosnians from the YES alumni network to volunteer across the country.
Across the GlobeYES Exchange alum Moiz Rehan is helping young students in Pakistan's rural area of Pallandri learn English. Moiz is a member alum of the Workshop for Youth Leaders in Teaching English, an enhancement opportunity offered to select students and is sponsored by the US Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
Across the GlobeAt a May workshop in Zanzibar, Tanzania, 30 alumni of the Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study (YES) program from five countries in sub-Saharan Africa explored topics on community project design and management.
Across the GlobeOn March 14th, American Councils President Dan E. Davidson, PhD, testified before the House State-Foreign Operations and Related Programs Appropriations Subcommittee. In his testimony, Dr. Davidson addressed the vital need for continued funding for international exchange and training programs that focus on helping US and overseas participants develop a deep knowledge of our respective languages, cultures, and legal and economic systems.