1. Basketball and Bilingualism Make for an All Star Exchange

   When Marcos Henrique arrived to the U.S. for the Brazil Basketball All Star Sports Visitor Program, he hit the ground running.

2. Tajikistan Women's Taekwondo Coaches Delegation

   

   Working with the embassy in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, the U.S. State Department office recruited 12 female taekwondo coaches for a program in the U.S.

3. Emerging Young Leaders Award - Samuel Grzybowski

4. Emerging Young Leaders Award - Nino Nanitashvili

5. Emerging Young Leaders Award - Jessel Recinos Fernandez

6. Opening a Window of Opportunity

   A few months after Philomène Kouakou returned to Côte d’Ivoire in Spring 2015, The Children’s House, a play and learning space that she created to provide a safe educational and play space for local children in her hometown of Fresno opened. Philomène’s interest in helping young children through education began when she was in high school.

7. Improving Lives through Innovation

   John O’Loughlin Kennedy has been selected as the U.S. Department of State’s Alumni Member of the Month in recognition of his entrepreneurial and humanitarian efforts that have improved lives around the globe.

8. Mentoring the Next Generation of Vietnamese Journalists

   After returning from her Fulbright exchange, Thuy saw a need for more training and mentoring for young journalists and journalism students in Vietnam.

9. Turkmenistan Participant Connects with Disabilities Organizations

   In his home country of Turkmenistan, Ibragim Nurjanov has been a tireless advocate for the well-being of people with disabilities, both as a sports trainer and as a participant in the Democracy Commission. As such, he was a natural candidate for an International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) on the topic of “Promoting Disability Rights.”

10. South Sudan and Sports Diplomacy: Basketball Coaches from the World’s Newest Nation

    

    Sports Diplomacy brought five coaches to the U.S. from South Sudan for a dynamic people-to-people exchange focused on creating opportunities for young South Sudanese to play basketball.

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