1. Become a 2014 TechWomen Mentor!

   

   Become a 2014 TechWomen Mentor!

2. Feeding Tanzania and Growing the East African Agricultural Sector

   As CEO of the Tanzania Horticultural Association, 2012 YALI Alumna Jacqueline Mkindi works to help increase farmers’ incomes, improve food security, boost nutrition, and to grow agricultural industry to create thousands of new pre- and post-harvest jobs.

3. FLEX Student of the Month – February 2015

   Anastasiya's positive attitude, passion for volunteering, 4.0 GPA, and involvement in many clubs earns her the Future Leader Exchange program student of the month honor.

4. Unpublished

   YES Story: Hussein

   

   Hussein discussing his experience making friends in Michigan during his exchange.

5. Stevens Initiative

   The Stevens Initiative was launched in 2015 as a living memorial and to continue the legacy of U.S. Ambassador to Libya J. Christopher Stevens, who studied abroad in Europe and served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Morocco. The Initiative is a public-private partnership that is building global competencies and 21st century skills for young people in the United States and the Middle East and North Africa. Through virtual exchange, the Initiative connects youth through technology to collaborate and learn together, giving them access to a substantive international exchange. Through an open competition managed by the Aspen Institute, sub-grants are awarded to organizations to implement virtual exchanges.

6. Language Lessons

   

   A National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) student describes her time studying Arabic in Morocco.

7. TechGirls

   

   TechGirls is an international exchange program designed to empower young girls to pursue careers in the science and technology sectors.

8. TechGirls: Fatma’s Story

   Before Fatma began her three week TechGirls exchange program in the United States, she had yet to venture outside of her “tiny slice of life in Yemen.”

9. Three Alumnae Win Women in Technology Awards

   The Women in Technology Awards Ceremony, hosted in Dubai, was the first event of its kind in the region, and was well attended, with over 100 women in the science and technology fields.

10. TechGirls Give Back!

    

    TechGirls volunteered at Hell's Kitchen Farm Project in New York City.

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