Iraqi Young Leaders Exchange Program (IYLEP)
Please enjoy this special thank you video celebrating another extraordinary year at World Learning! We extend our most sincere gratitude to everyone in our global family for your generous support in helping us inspire powerful change around the world.
From all of us at World Learning - thank you!
The Leaders Advancing Democracy (LEAD) program is a five-year initiative dedicated to creating the next generation of democracy advocates in Mongolia. Since 2016, 186 Fellows have participated in the project!
Hear from program alumni as they share their program experiences, reflections and lessons learned. Learn more about #LEADMongolia and apply to the 2020 U.S. Exchange Program at https://form.jotform.com/200118299440451
USAID Mongolia
U.S. Embassy - Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Leaders Advancing Democracy - LEAD Mongolia
"Being able to engage students of color, to go to a place that they might find a different type of connection with, I thought was just too golden of an opportunity to pass up."
Check out how 2019 IDEAS grantee Frederick Community College is using their grant to expand study abroad resources for its students! The IDEAS grant competition and capacity building initiatives are open to all accredited U.S. colleges and universities. Learn more and apply at http://ow.ly/JVeP50ypxev.
IDEAS Grants in Action: Gallaudet University
“Without the grant, we would not have had the opportunity to really have the time and the space and be able to formalize this effort to be something truly of value."
Check out how 2019 IDEAS grantee Gallaudet University is using their grant to expand study abroad resources for the D/DB/HOH community! The IDEAS grant competition and capacity building initiatives are open to all accredited U.S. colleges and universities. Learn more and apply at http://ow.ly/JVeP50ypxev.
#IDEASProgram
If you were wondering what typical #IVLP programming looks like, check out this video! These #IVLP participants spent a few days in Washington, DC while on the Regional Responses to Refugee and Migration Issues project, and finished their programming with a half day visit to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, where they met with survivor Alfred Münzer. The visitors found the meeting very powerful and positive!
Video by Ashi Faschler
International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP)
Exchange Programs - U.S. Department of State
#ExchangeOurWorld
Become a World Learning Youth Program Leader
The Experiment and World Learning Youth Programs are currently hiring experienced and inclusive educators to lead groups of high school students on cross-cultural exchanges in summer 2020!
Experiment leaders guide a group of 10 to 16 high school students on a journey between 2-6 weeks in one of 20 countries. Youth Program leaders facilitate an immersion exchange program in the U.S. for 3 to 4 weeks with youth from Iraq, Mexico, and Canada.
Learn more about the positions and apply online by January 20th at www.worldlearning.org/leaderapplication.
Questions? Please contact us at [email protected].
Fulbright Specialist Program
The Fulbright Specialist Program provides opportunities for established U.S. professionals and academics to share their knowledge and build international collaboration with host institutions around the globe. Interested? The next deadline is November 6! Apply now: https://bit.ly/2nOKr4b
Exchange Programs - U.S. Department of State The Fulbright Program
#Fulbright #ExchangeOurWorld
World Learning's Global Programs
World Learning’s Global Programs are building a better future for all people through education, sustainable development, and exchange. We work with individuals, communities, and institutions to find comprehensive solutions to some of the world’s most pressing challenges, such as poverty, conflict, and inequality. Together, we have made a difference in more than 150 countries—and counting. Learn more at worldlearning.org.
QITABI- Arabic Literacy Day
In February, our QITABI program hosted a national seminar in honor of #ArabicLiteracyDay. The event brought educators, literacy experts, universities, and policy makers together to discuss the latest developments in literacy instruction and how to enhance the reading outcomes for children in the Lebanese public education system, using the Arabic language.
USAID Lebanon Ana Aqra Association
Global UGRAD is...?
In 2018, World Learning celebrated its 10th anniversary of implementing #GlobalUGRAD. Over the past decade, the Global UGRAD Program has brought 2,562 undergraduate students from 71 countries to study at U.S. universities.
Apply by 5pm ET on December 31 to take part in this life changing program: http://ow.ly/9bhu30mXzCf
Exchange Programs - U.S. Department of State
#ExchangeOurWorld #ExchangesMatter
The Experiment in Thailand: Visiting Elephants
Did you know it's #ElephantAppreciationDay?
Check out how The Experiment gets students up close and personal with these majestic creatures in one of #Thailand's rescue and rehabilitation centers! Learn more: http://bit.ly/2wIzNMy
#ExperimentAbroad
WiSci Namibia
And that's a wrap! World Learning would like to congratulate all of our #WiSciNamibia campers for coming together to learn about one another’s cultures while developing skills in #STEAM! We can't wait to see what the future holds for you!
And a big shoutout to all of our #WiSci2018 partners, who made this camp an unforgettable experience for nearly 100 girls from five different countries! 🇳🇦 🇰🇪 🇪🇹 🇺🇸 🇸🇿
Secretary's Office of Global Partnerships U.S. Embassy Namibia Namibia University of Science and Technology - NUST Girl Up NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration Google Intel
WiSci 2018: Kenya Culture Night
"We're going to show you how it's done Kenyan style!"
#WiSci2018's Kenya Culture night helped shed light on the country's current political issues including girls education, #FGM, and child marriage. The girls also celebrated Kenya's food, song— and especially dance! 🇰🇪 #WiSciNamibia
Secretary's Office of Global Partnerships U.S. Embassy Namibia Girl Up Google Intel NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
WiSci 2018 Culture Night: Namibia
Our #WiSci2018 girls are getting a taste of Namibia at Culture Night through song, dance, and storytelling! 🇳🇦
Secretary's Office of Global Partnerships NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration Girl Up Intel Google
#WiSciNamibia #STEAM #GirlsinSTEM #LeadershipCamp #CulturalExchange
Nile Development & Education (NDEED)
Nile Development & Education (NDEED), a subsidiary of World Learning Europe connects visually impaired trainers with visually impaired women in #Egypt to provide essential life skills training. Check out how NDEED is helping these women gain a greater sense of independence in their daily lives!
#accessibility #inclusion
MULU Worksite HIV Prevention Project
World Learning's MULU Worksite Project is designed to support the Ethiopian government's HIV prevention goal of reducing new infections by 50 percent. The project strengthens workplace HIV prevention and serves employees at 100 worksites from various sectors of the Ethiopian economy, including mining, manufacturing, construction, agriculture, and textiles.
USAID - US Agency for International Development
World Learning Inc.— Creating a More Peaceful, Sustainable, and Just World
For 85 years, World Learning has worked to empower people and strengthen institutions through education, sustainable development, and exchange programs.
We envision a world in which students, skilled professionals, and citizens everywhere are capable of driving innovative change in their communities.
With impact in more than 150 countries worldwide, our programs transform this vision into reality.
Learn more about how we are helping create a more peaceful, sustainable, and just world: https://www.worldlearninginc.org/
The Experiment SIT Study Abroad SIT Graduate Institute
Youth Ambassadors: Brazil
"It's a unique experience of seeing how big the world can be, but how it is the same world in the end. How we are different, but how we are really alike."- Eduardo, 2017 Youth Ambassadors Brazil participant
Youth Ambassadors Brazil is a three-week youth leadership exchange based in the United States for Brazilian high school students and adult mentors focused on civic education, community service, and youth leadership development.
U.S. Youth Ambassadors applications are currently being accepted until Friday, January 26 at 11:59pm EST. Apply now for a life-changing opportunity to spend three weeks in Latin America completing a cultural exchange and gaining the necessary skills to implement a community service project back home.
Learn more and apply now: http://ow.ly/coGU30hKehe
Youth Ambassadors
World Learning Youth Programs
Embaixada EUA Brasil / US Embassy Brazil
Exchange Programs - U.S. Department of State
#YA2017 #ExchangeOurWorld #ExchangesMatter
Eduard from Romania on EducationUSA Academy
Want to know what it’s like to be a student at EducationUSA Academy? Eduard from Romania shares his thoughts on the program at [email protected]! Learn more and apply now: www.edusaacademy.org
#EducationUSA #EdUSA
Egypt STEM Schools Project (ESSP)
Check out how our #STEM schools supported by USAID/Egypt are challenging students to solve Egypt's grand challenges through innovative education!
The Fellowship Initiative: In Loving Memory of Winston Perez V...
World Learning and The Experiment express our deepest condolences to Winston's family and #TheFellowshipInitiative (TFI) on the loss of their beloved son, brother and friend.
Our hearts are broken over the loss of a young man who was truly an inspiration to every life he touched.
A passage from Winston's college application demonstrates how through thoughtful actions and words he consistently strived to make the world a better place:
“I will pursue greatness, break barriers, and exceed expectations… be an entrepreneur, a pioneer, and deeply understand people like a psychologist. To be the architect that will shape people's environments and influence their workplace, their homes, and the cities in which they live. Most importantly, I will become the best version of myself and change the world.” -Winston Perez Ventura
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In July 2016, The Experiment in International Living teamed with The Fellowship Initiative (TFI) to bring 120 low-income, promising young men of color from New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles to South Africa for the trip of a lifetime. With funding from JPMorgan Chase & Co., TFI is investing in these young men throughout their high school experiences, in order to help them get into college and capitalize upon their potential. In South Africa, the fellows learned to work together, discovered their personal leadership styles, and found a new appreciation for cultural differences.
Cornell University
IYLEP Alumni Leadership Development Conference
In 2016, more than 100 Iraqi youth participated in the World Learning Iraqi Young Leaders Exchange Program in cities across the United States. About a year later, they reunited in Erbil, Iraq for the Alumni Leadership Development Conference where alumni shared the successes, challenges and lessons learned from implementing their projects back home.
“The conference gave me hope for a better future for me, my friends, and my country.”- 2017 Alumni Leadership Development Conference participant
Follow along as a new generation of IYLEPers develop skills in dialogue, leadership, project planning, and civic engagement in the U.S. on facebook.com/iylep or on Instagram @wlyouth!
#IYLEP2017 #IYLEP #exchangeourworld #internationalexchange
Exchange Programs - U.S. Department of State U.S. Embassy Baghdad
Apply now for Alumni TIES!
The next U.S. #AlumniTIES application is now open!
Apply now for this small, dynamic three-day seminar in Philadelphia, PA focusing on "Building Resilient Communities: Religious and Ethnic Diversity". Share in fellow exchange alumni's experiences supporting inter-religious and interethnic dialogue and inclusion using innovative and creative solutions. Network and collaborate for a follow-on competitive grants opportunity after the seminar.
Applications are due June 5th: http://bit.ly/2ngzq8x
Leaders Advancing Democracy Mongolia
Earlier this year 30 emerging young Mongolian leaders participated in our first ever LEAD U.S. exchange program to learn about advocacy and community mobilization, conflict resolution, project design and implementation, and much more!
Apply by 5/28 to participate in the #LEADMongolia 2017 U.S. Exchange Program: https://form.jotform.me/70178017252451
LEAD Mongolia is a program of World Learning and supported by USAID Mongolia and U.S. Embassy - Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
Tomorrow is #InternationalDanceDay! Anthropologist and #Fulbright Specialist Gordon Bronitsky recently returned from a visit to Lupane State University in #Zimbabwe, and shared this video from the Loswingo Kalanga Festival. Among the many accomplishments of his exchange, he notes that an important outcome is the establishment of closer ties between Zimbabwean artists and performers, traditional and contemporary, and their American Indian counterparts.
Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative Generation: Youth Uni...
Last summer’s Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (#YSEALI) Generation: Youth Unite Against Drugs workshop brought together 30 youth leaders from across the region in #Myanmar to explore issues related to drug demand reduction. The five-day program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and the U.S Embassy Yangon, included interactive lectures, hands-on workshops, networking, and other activities. Participants also had the opportunity to collaborate with peers from neighboring countries to develop projects aimed at reducing drug use in their home communities!
