Results are Tagged with "Sports Visitor Program"
SportsUnited Launches Futsal Sports Visitors Exchange Program
U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs hosted 15 male athletes and coaches from Libya for a futsal Sports Visitors exchange program.
The Strength of Inclusion: Wheelchair Basketball
8 wheelchair basketball athletes and 4 coaches from Turkey participated in an exchange focused on inclusion and equality for persons with disabilities
Colombian Track & Field Visitors: On Track to Empower Women and Girls
Under the Empowering Women and Girls through Sports Initiative, ECA teamed up with U.S. Embassy Bogota to develop a fast-paced track and field program for Colombian girls.
Pacific Islands Track and Field Delegation Experience the Universal Language of Sports
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.
Sports and Education Add Up to Empower Women and Girls
Sports and education go hand-in-hand when creating opportunities for women, girls, and youth at home and abroad.
Basketball Youth Visitors: Indonesia in Action
From March 17 to 29, ECA led an action-packed basketball program with 12 Indonesian teenage basketball players—six boys and six girls—and two coaches.
Sports Visitors from the Dominican Republic and Venezuela
Organized to coincide with the World Baseball Classics, ECA had a Sports Visitor program for baseball and softball youth coaches from March 1 to 11, 2013.
Sports Diplomacy and Senegal: Empowering Women and Girls through Basketball
The Empowering Women and Girls through Sports Initiative’s 2013 calendar tipped off with the Senegal Sports Visitor basketball program.
Brazil and Basketball: Athletes from Sao Paulo
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.