YES Abroad is the reciprocal program of YES, a program started after 9/11 to promote understanding between America and countries with high Muslim populations. A couple years ago YES Abroad was formed and American could go to one of 12 countries (Bosnia, Egypt, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mali, Morocco, Oman, South Africa, Tunisia, Thailand, or Turkey) to learn about Islam and help break down stereotypes. http://www.yes-abroad.org
My top country choices are Morocco, Tunisia, Ghana, South Africa, and Turkey. I had a really hard time ranking because all of them are so interesting and unique that I would be super excited to go anywhere!
"The National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, provides merit-based scholarships for eligible high school students and recent high school graduates to learn less commonly taught languages in summer and academic-year overseas immersion programs.
NSLI-Y is part of a U.S. government initiative that prepares American citizens to be leaders in a global world. Now more than ever, it is important that Americans have the necessary linguistic skills and cultural knowledge to promote international dialogue and support American engagement abroad. NSLI-Y aims to provide opportunities to American youth that will spark a lifetime interest in language learning." (http://www.nsliforyouth.org)
The languages that NSLI-Y offers are Arabic, Mandarin, Hindi, Korean, Persian, Russian, and Turkish. I am applying for Russian and Arabic academic year.
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