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Youth Exchange and Study Programs or YES Programs are full scholarship student exchange programs administered by the U.S. Department of State. YES includes the "inbound" program for students from close to 40 Muslim dominant countries to study and live in the U.S., and the "outbound" program, called YES Abroad, for students from the U.S. to study in selected YES countries. The Kennedy-Lugar YES Program evolved out of a generalized recognition that public diplomacy efforts had been neglected in many countries around the world for many years and that the effects of this came into stark focus in the aftermath of the events of September 11, 2001. The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State, along with the U.S. exchange community, recognized the importance of youth exchange as a key component of renewed commitment to building bridges between citizens of the U.S. and countries around the world, particularly those with significant Muslim populations. ==Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study Program== The Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study (YES) Program was established in October 2002. The program provides scholarships for high school students from countries with significant Muslim populations to spend up to one academic year in the United States.〔(Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study (YES) Program )〕 The first class of YES students arrived in the United States in 2003. The program has continued to expand, and has made connections across more than 40 countries: * Albania * Bahrain * Bangladesh * Bosnia-Herzegovina * Bulgaria * Cameroon * Egypt * Gaza * Ghana * India * Indonesia * Israel (Arab Communities) * Jordan * Kenya * Kosovo * Kuwait * Lebanon * Liberia * Libya * Malaysia * Mali * Morocco * Mozambique * Nigeria * Oman * Pakistan * Philippines * Qatar * Saudi Arabia * Senegal * Sierra Leone * South Africa * Suriname * Tanzania * Thailand * Tunisia * Turkey * West Bank * Yemen 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Youth Exchange and Study Programs」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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