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World Learning, in collaboration with the Stevens Initiative, is thrilled to announce the third cohort of Alumni Small Grant recipients! These recipients are alumni of The Experiment Digital, an award-winning two-month summer virtual exchange program that allows high school students to connect with their peers from around the world for an unforgettable intercultural exchange. The […]

BRATTLEBORO—Last week, a group of Afghan refugee women, accompanied by local artist and teacher Terry Sylvester, made signs that say “Welcome” in English as well as Dari and Pashto — the two official languages of Afghanistan — and distributed them to downtown businesses. “[Store owners] were very happy, and ...

When the COVID-19 pandemic upended the way many of us live and work, the challenge of forging and maintaining connections became considerably more difficult. As an educator, Jeff Puccini knew this all too well. Pre-COVID, teachers were able to come to the teacher’s lounge, not just to grab coffee or eat lunch but to sit […]

On November 4, 2021, World Learning celebrated the 75th anniversary of the Fulbright Program through the Fulbright Specialist Program (FSP) Alumni Forum, a virtual event that brought together four Fulbright Specialist alumni to present their work in a diverse range of fields and highlight how Fulbrighters are leading the way to build connections in a […]

Southern Vermonts message to our new refugee neighbors from war-torn Afghanistan, in a word: Welcome.

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) launched a new five-year, US$10 million Youth Workforce Development and Entrepreneurship Activity in Uzbekistan.

News and analytical articles about Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.

BRATTLEBORO—It’s a “happy coincidence of opportunity, needs, and values,” as School for International Training (SIT) President Sophia Howlett called it. SIT has a mostly empty campus these days. Meanwhile, the people who are helping to resettle Afghan evacuees in southern Vermont needed a short-term place for them to stay ...

Up to 100 Afghan refugees are in the process of being welcomed to southern Vermont by a refugee resettlement organization and a number of community groups, organizers said Thursday. About two dozen of those refugees have already arrived in Vermont through The Ethiopian Community Development Council, one of nine organizations that resettles refugees across the United States.

BRATTLEBORO — Up to 100 Afghan refugees will have a place to live and learn during their first 90 days in Vermont before settling into the community as a whole