A program of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, the Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study Abroad (YES) Abroad program offers fully-funded programs for American high school students and recent graduates to live with host families and attend a local high school for an academic semester in select countries around the world including Bosnia and Herzegovina, India, Indonesia, North Macedonia.
Through the YES Abroad program, students develop leadership, language, and professional skills while expanding their worldview and gaining a new, lifelong network of friends and family overseas. Students also share information about their home culture with their hosts and local communities while building lasting relationships, strengthening the linkages between the U.S. and YES countries at the same time.
Details about eligibility, the application timeline and more information about the program can be found at www.yes-abroad.org.
YES Abroad is a program of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs