1. Unpublished

   Sports Envoys in India: Empowering Youth through Baseball and Softball

   

   The State Department’s first-ever joint baseball and softball program sent MLB Hall-of-Famer Barry Larkin and Olympian Natasha Watley to India as Sports Envoys in Febuary 2013.

2. 2013 Moroccan AEIF Winner Mobilizes Entrepreneurship

   

   Ali Aaouine, 2013 Alumni Innovation Engagement Fund (AEIF) Winner (http://alumni.state.gov/AEIF), helped launched Greenside Development Foundation (GDF) in Imouzzer-Kandar, Morocco. GDF is dedicated to empowering unemployed young adults through new enterprise creation. More info: http://greensidedevelopment.org/

3. Kazakhstan Sitting Volleyball Team Comes to the U.S.

   

   Kazakhstan Sitting Volleyball Team Comes to the U.S.

4. Unpublished

   Venezuelan Deaf Sports Educators Learn New Skills to Take Home

   

   As part of Sports Diplomacy’s sport, disability, and inclusion initiatives, ECA worked with U.S. Embassy - Caracas to bring 14 adult deaf athletes to New York and Washington, D.C. for a two-week sport visitor program.

5. Fellow Facilitates Conversation Group with Blind Adults in Mongolia

   English Language Fellows work with physically challenged and blind adults in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

6. U.S. Speaker Awarded Citizen Diplomacy Action Fund to Support Social Entrepreneurs in Romania

   Theresa Carrington, the founder and CEO of social enterprise Ten by Three, is bringing her expertise to Romania through the Citizen Diplomacy Action Fund.

7. The Spirit of Volunteering

   

   Hip-hop organizer Apostolos (Tolis) Aristeidou learned an profound lesson on volunteerism during his time as an International Visitor in the U.S.- and he plans to bring this new found spirit back to his home country, Greece.

8. I am a Citizen Diplomat

   

   National Council for International Visitors "Citizen Diplomats" from around the country share what they believe it means to be a citizen diplomat.

9. 2013 International Women of Courage Awards

   

   Established in 2007, the annual Secretary of State's International Women of Courage Award honors women around the globe who have exemplified exceptional courage and leadership in advocating for human rights, women's equality, and social progress, often at great personal risk. This is the only Department of State award that pays tribute to emerging women leaders worldwide.

10. Reducing Poverty in Venezuela

    

    Neidy Rosal, an International Visitor, tells us why she is a woman empowered.

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