1. U.S. and Egyptian Educators Benefit from Collaboration

   Ez Eldin Salem participated in the State Department’s Teachers of Critical Languages Program, which brings teachers from China and Egypt to teach Mandarin and Arabic in U.S. elementary and secondary schools for one academic year.

2. Hosting Exchanges for 30 Years, and Still Learning

   "My hope is to remain involved with the IVLP program until I can no longer do so, as it has – and continues to be – an extraordinary gift in my life.”

3. Harnessing Ambition for the Good

   At age 19, Aldonna Purba was already an employee at one of the largest water suppliers in the capital of Indonesia.

4. Emerging Young Leaders Award - Asha Hassan

5. Not a Year of Life, But Life in a Year

   Zulfiqar (Zulfi) Sheth credits his Community College Initiative (CCI) Program for helping him to excel after returning to India as a student and as a delegate to international youth forums addressing global concerns.

6. Australians Will and Gareth See Firsthand the Diverse Viewpoints of America

   Taking a closer look at politics and new media in the United States

7. Home Host Exceeds Expectations as a Citizen Diplomat

   Over the past 11 years, International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) participants from all around the world have walked through Anita Bevan’s front doors. Anita lives by a quote displayed in her Reno, Nevada home, “May all who enter as guests leave as friends.”

8. Exchange Generates Ideas for Preserving Mali’s Rich Cultural Heritage

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   Australians Will and Gareth See Firsthand the Diverse Viewpoints of America

   Australians Will Emmett and Gareth Parker to see America through a different lens.

10. Emerging Young Leaders Award - Basel Almadhoun

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