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YOUTH AMBASSADOR PROGRAM

CREATING COMMUNITY

CONNECTIONS TO INDIA

CULTIVATING GLOBAL CITIZENS

JUNE 26 JULY 11, 2014

BANGALORE AND MYSORE, INDIA

ALL INCLUSIVE PROGRAM FEE: $3,900

For more information, please contact

646.530.8982

or

youth.ambassador@aif.org

216 E. 45th Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY 100174800 Great America Parkway, Suite 400, Santa Clara, CA 95054

C-17 Green Park Extension, New Delhi 110016

info@aif.org | www.AIF.org | 888.AIF.4IND

@AIFoundation

The American India Foundation is committed to

catalyzing social and economic change in India

and building a lasting bridge between the United

States and India through high-impact interventions

in education, livelihoods, public health, and leader-

ship development. Working closely with local com-

munities, AIF partners with NGOs to develop and

test innovative solutions and with governments to

create and scale sustainable impact. Founded in

2001 at the initiative of President Bill Clinton, AIF

has impacted the lives of more than 1.9 million of

Indias poor and aims to reach 5 million by 2018.

Learn more at www.AIF.org

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SPARK LEARN INNOVATE

Inspired by the success of the AIF Clinton

Fellowship Program* that has sent over

300 college graduates to India, AIF is proud

to launch the AIF Youth Ambassador Pro-

gram (AYAP), a service-learning and cultural

awareness program in India for U.S. high-

school students.

Youth Ambassadors are exposed to eco-

nomic, social, and environmental challeng-

es facing vulnerable communities and will

explore frugally innovative, local solutions

to these challenges. AYAP seeks to fosteran awareness of social development in In-

dia through visits with local communities,

Indian peers & schools, leading NGOs, and

the private sector. Youth Ambassadors will

engage with Indian peers to build relation-

ships and work together to come up with

solutions to local problems.

AYAP envisions igniting the spark in high

school students to set them on a path to-wards global citizenship. AYAP seeks to

develop leadership and entrepreneurship

skills as well as global awareness for par-

ticipants. AYAP will also enable opportuni-

ties for continued collaboration with AIF, its

programs and communities served.

*The Clinton Fellowship is a leadership program for highlyskilled young professionals working high impact NGOs

and social enterprises across India. Fellows work for 10months on scalable and sustainable projects in the fieldsof education, livelihoods, public health, and human rights .

The AIF Youth Ambassador Program

seeks to:

Facilitate an understanding of social,

economic and environmental challenges

facing marginalized communities in

India

Foster two-way cultural awareness

among students from the U.S. and India

Expose students to the NGO & private

sector roles in advancing social justice

Explore frugal innovations in education,

livelihood and environmental challenges

Set the stage for continued collaboration

with AIF

Assist Youth Ambassadors in developing

their individual social responsibility to

the local and global community at large

PROGRAM OBJECTIVES PROGRAM DETAILS

GROUP SIZE:

15-20 students

STAFF:

Two AIF Staff

Two U.S. School Faculty Members

Two Afliated Parents

TENTATIVE ITINERARY:

6/26: Leave U.S.

6/28: Arrive Bangalore

6/29: Cultural Exploration

6/30: Visit AIF Projects & Communities /

Frugal Innovation in Action

7/1: Rishi Valley & River School -

Rural Education

7/2: Rishi Valley & River School -

Environmental Sustainability

7/3: Corporate Social Responsibility:

Visits to Corporations

7/4: Democracy & Citizenship Workshop at

Infosys Campus, Mysore

7/5: Visit to Mysore Palace/Shopping

7/6: Travel to Nagarhole Wildlife Safari

7/7 7/10: AIF Digital Equalizer School

Frugal Innovation Service Learning Project

7/11: Travel to U.S.

ABOUT THE PROGRAM