"YES" PROGRAM WELCOMES TANZANIAN STUDENTS TO THE U.S.

United States Embassy Dar es Salaam Cultural Affairs Officer Jeffrey Ladenson (1stright - in front) talking with Tanzanian Secondary School students. Eighteen Tanzanian Secondary School students from Zanzibar and the mainland left Tanzania on August 8, 2016 to live and study in the United States for one academic year from August 2016 to June 2017. (Photo Courtesy of U.S. Embassy)

United States Embassy Dar es Salaam Cultural Affairs Officer Jeffrey Ladenson, (standing front row - center) in a group photo with 18 Tanzanian Secondary School students from Zanzibar and the mainland, who left Tanzania on August 8, 2016 to live and study in the United States for one academic year from August 2016 to June 2017. (Photo Courtesy of U.S. Embassy)

U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam TANZANIA

August 16, 2016

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

"YES" PROGRAM WELCOMES TANZANIAN STUDENTS TO THE U.S.

Dar es Salaam, TANZANIA.  Eighteen Tanzanian Secondary School students from Zanzibar and the mainland have been selected to live and study in the United States for one academic year from August 2016 to June 2017.  The students left Tanzania on August 8, 2016 to begin their experience in the U.S.

Through the U.S. Department of State's Kennedy-Lugar YES program, foreign secondary school students live with American host families, attend high school and engage in activities to learn about American society.  Students also acquire leadership skills and help Americans to learn more about their country and culture.  While in the U.S., the students perform two hours of community service each month to get exposed to the benefits of volunteerism and civic engagement, and enhance their ability to contribute to their communities when they return home.