BBQ: Celebrating YES Students the American Way
U.S. Ambassador Robert F. Godec hosted an American-style barbeque at his residence for Tunisian Youth exchange and Study (YES) program participants.
Since the foundation of the YES program in 2004, More than 80 Tunisian students have been awarded the YES scholarship to spend an academic year at American high school, living with American host families. Ambassador Godec welcomed back the YES students returning from the United States in addition to extending best wishes to the students about to embark on a year of study abroad.
The YES program is an innovative high school exchange program funded by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, coordinated with the Ministry of Education and administrated by AMIDEAST. This program enables Tunisian students to study at an American high school for a full academic year. Students live with American families and participate in community service activities. They learn about American life while teaching their host communities about their home countries. As one of students who participated in the program said “As a YES students, we all act as Ambassadors of Tunisia.”
Information and applications are available on http://exchanges.state.gov/youth/programs/yes.html
or from Amideast (http://www.amideast.org/tunisia/default.htm), who administer the program in Tunisia.