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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Laura Ingalls (laura.ingalls@worldlearning.org) in Washington, 1.202.464.6973

World Learning Announces 2007 Brazil Youth Ambassadors Program

Program promotes intercultural understanding among Brazilian and American youth.

WASHINGTON, DC (January 13, 2006) -- Delphi International, a program of World Learning, in conjunction with the U.S. Department of State and the Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Embassy in Brazil, is pleased to announce the 2007 Brazil Youth Ambassadors Program (YAP), a two-week educational exchange opportunity in the United States for Brazilian high school students ages 15-18. The Program seeks to increase mutual understanding between the peoples of the United States and Brazil; strengthen ties between the two countries by demonstrating the educational and cultural interests, developments and achievements of the U.S.; counter possible negative misconceptions of the U.S. by presenting an authentic and positive image of the country, and; support and promote Brazilian public education.

Now in its fifth year, the Brazil Youth Ambassadors Program has become a model for other Youth Ambassadors Programs in the hemisphere. Twenty-five participants were selected from a pool of over 2,000 students based on academic achievement, community service, attendance at a public school and English language competency. Participants learn about U.S. society and government, visit historical sites, participate in interactive and experiential activities, and attend local high schools with their host brother or sister. They begin the program in Washington, D.C. and then travel in small groups to home stay experiences in their host cities, which include Cleveland, Ohio; Charlotte, North Carolina; Freeport, Illinois; Huntsville, Alabama; and, Tulsa Oklahoma. At the end, they return to Washington, D.C. to share experiences, learning and impressions before returning home.

The Brazil Youth Ambassadors Program is made possible in partnership with over 50 Brazil-based organizations and through the generous sponsorship of the U.S. Department of State, FedEx and Continental Airlines.

About World Learning and the School for International Training
World Learning is a 75-year-old global non-profit with operations in 78 countries and headquarters in Brattleboro, Vermont. Through its award-winning international education programs – The Experiment in International Living, the School for International Training (SIT) and SIT Study Abroad – World Learning fosters global citizenship by connecting over 3,000 young ambassadors annually across cultural differences and social barriers. Through its Washington, DC-based World Learning for International Development program, World Learning practices what it teaches, undertaking locally-driven international development, training and exchange projects in sixteen countries.