1. Community Solutions - Program Details

   The Community Solutions Program (CSP) is a professional development program for the best and brightest community leaders, from over 90 countries, to confront common problems across the areas of environmental issues, tolerance and conflict resolution, transparency and accountability, and women issues through four-month fellowships with community-based not-for-profit, public and government offices across the United States.

2. Continuing the Exchange After the Exchange Program Ends

   Continuing the Exchange After the Exchange Program Ends

3. Arab Youth and Civic Engagement

   Applying the leadership skills she developed during her exchange, Assi has become one of the most prominent youth activists and social media leaders in Iraq.

4. 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.

5. June 2021 CBYX Virtual Program Highlights

6. CBYX January U.S. Participant of the Month

   The German Bundestag and U.S. Department of State are pleased to announce Chloe Carlish as January’s Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX) U.S. Participant of the Month!

7. Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders - Eligibility & Application

   The Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders is the flagship program of the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI). Since its start in 2014, the program has empowered young people through academic coursework, leadership training, and networking.

8. SUSI 2017 Alum Mirabelle Morah Named 2018 Global Teen Leader

   “The support and encouragement I felt during my SUSI program made me a bolder and more confident individual. Every day I try to live like a leader, letting my life be worthy of emulation and a good example to others.”

9. January 2023 YES Student of the Month

   We are excited to announce Maria Qaiser from Pakistan as the January YES Student of the Month!

10. Joannie of Benin Becomes a Leader

    When the U.S. Embassy in Cotonou nominated Joannie Bewa to attend the International Visitor Leadership Program’s (IVLP) “Young African Leaders” with 19 of her colleagues from across Africa, she jumped at the chance to gain a better perspective of U.S. culture and policy.

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