1. 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.”

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. Experiences with Host Families

   

   Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study Program (YES) participants talk about their host families.

4. Hosting & Volunteer Opportunities

   Hosting a State Department-sponsored student means sharing your home, your country and your culture with a student from another country. Learn about this great opportunity!

5. Become a Host Family with the State Department

   

   Serve your country, become a host family! Hosting is great opportunity for you create mutual understanding and be a citizen diplomat.

6. Would You Run a Marathon With Your Host Mom?

   

   Soon after meeting, host mom Candice asked her au pair Laura if she would join her in running the New York City Marathon.

7. Unpublished

   Experiencing Everyday Life in a Host Family

   CLS Participant Learns About Life and Culture From Host Family

8. Unpublished

   Secretary Clinton Encourages Americans to Host Exchange Students

   

   Each year, thousands of engaged young people from around the world travel to the United States, eager to learn about American life and share perspectives from their own countries

9. Unpublished

   U.S. Department of State Hosts Series of Career Readiness Workshops for Gilman Alumni

   The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs’ USA Study Abroad branch will host a series of career readiness workshops for approximately 150 alumni of the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program over the next two weeks.

10. Former NBA & WNBA Players Host Basketball Clinics in Indonesia

    

    In partnership with the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta, the U.S. State Department sent former NBA legend, Rick Mahorn, and WNBA star, Edna Campbell, to Indonesia.

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