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View Our Projects

World Learning works in more than 20 countries to enhance the capacity of individuals, communities, and institutions to take ownership of their own development, secure just and effective policies and structures, and create sustainable positive change.

To learn more about our programs and the topics and countries in which we work, select from the drop-down menus below, or simply scroll down to view a full list of our programs. Please click the project heading to read the full project description.

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All Project(s)

• Current Project(s)
• Caribbean HIV/AIDS Grants Solicitation and Management Project
  Duration: November 2010 - November 2015
  Funder: USAID
  Topics: Capacity Building , Capacity Development and Training , Grant Management , Training
  Country: Bahamas , Jamaica
  Contact/Email: bill.saur@worldlearning.org
• Global Undergraduate Exchange Program - East Asia and the Pacific and Western Hemisphere
  Duration: February 2008 - September 2012
  Funder: Department of State
  Topics: Education , International Academic Exchanges , International Professional, Academic, and Cultural Exchanges
  Country: Burma , Cambodia , Chile , China , Costa Rica , Dominican Republic , El Salvador , Guatemala , Haiti , Honduras , Indonesia , Laos , Malaysia , Mongolia , Nicaragua , Panama , Peru , Philippines , South Korea , Thailand , Uruguay , Venezuela , Vietnam
  Contact/Email: melissa.oppenheimer@worldlearning.org
• Grant Solicitation and Management Program
  Duration: September 2004 - September 2012
  Funder: USAID
  Topics: Capacity Building , Capacity Development and Training , Grant Management , Training
  Country: Global
  Contact/Email: bill.saur@worldlearning.org
• Jóvenes En Acción
  Duration: May 2011 - May 2012
  Funder: Department of State , Secretaría de Educación Pública
  Topics: Youth Exchanges
  Country: Mexico , United States
  Contact/Email: cari.graves@worldlearning.org
• Kapelako Project: Community-based HIV Prevention Program in Angola
  Duration: November 2010 - October 2013
  Funder: USAID
  Topics: Capacity Building , Civic Participation , Civil Society and Governance , HIV/AIDS , Training
  Country: Angola
  Contact/Email: analisa.silva@worldlearning.org
• Legislative Fellows Program
  Duration: September 2011 - August 2013
  Funder: Department of State
  Topics: Democratic Governance , Education , International Professional, Academic, and Cultural Exchanges , Youth Exchanges
  Country: Afghanistan , Bangladesh , India , Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan , Nepal , Pakistan , Sri Lanka , United States
  Contact/Email: Vladimir.Spencer@worldlearning.org
• Liberia Grants Solicitation and Management Program
  Duration: December 2009 - December 2014
  Funder: USAID
  Topics: Capacity Building , Capacity Development and Training , Grant Management , Training
  Country: Liberia
  Contact/Email: bill.saur@worldlearning.org
• School Community Partnership Serving OVCs
  Duration: August 2009 - August 2012
  Funder: USAID
  Topics: Capacity Building , Education , HIV/AIDS , Institutional Strengthening , Training
  Country: Ethiopia
  Contact/Email: blanka.homolova@worldlearning.org
• Special Programs to Address the Needs of Survivors
  Duration: August 2008 - August 2013
  Funder: USAID
  Topics: Capacity Building , Capacity Development and Training , Grant Management , Training
  Country: Global
  Contact/Email: bill.saur@worldlearning.org
• Young Turkey/Young America - A New Relationship for a New Age
  Duration: September 2011 - August 2013
  Funder: Department of State
  Topics: International Professional, Academic, and Cultural Exchanges
  Country: Turkey , United States
  Contact/Email: Vladimir.Spencer@worldlearning.org
• Youth Ambassadors Program for South America – Brazil, Argentina & Chile, Bolivia & Peru
  Duration: January 2012 - December 2013
  Funder: Department of State , US Embassy Brazil
  Topics: Youth Exchanges
  Country: Argentina , Bolivia , Brazil , Chile , Peru
  Contact/Email: Cari.Graves@worldlearning.org

• Past Project(s)
• Advocacy Training (SIT)
  Duration: January 2009 - March 2009
  Funder: Other (Tuition Based)
  Topics: Advocacy , Civil Society and Governance , Training
  Country: United States
  Contact/Email: civilsociety@worldlearning.org
• Afghanistan Capacity Development Program
  Duration: May 2007 - January 2012
  Funder: Deloitte , USAID
  Topics: Capacity Building , Capacity Development and Training , Institutional Strengthening , International Academic Exchanges , International Professional, Academic, and Cultural Exchanges , Training
  Country: Afghanistan
  Partners: Deloitte
  Contact/Email: patricia.howe@worldlearning.org
• Angola Civil Society Sector Strengthening Program (CSSP)
  Duration: July 2006 - December 2011
  Funder: USAID
  Topics: Advocacy , Capacity Building , Civil Society and Governance , Disenfranchised Groups , Grant Management , HIV/AIDS , Institutional Strengthening , Women's and Minority Rights
  Country: Angola
  Contact/Email: analisa.silva@worldlearning.org
• Angola NGO Sector Strengthening Program (NGOSSP)
  Duration: September 2003 - September 2008
  Funder: USAID
  Topics: Capacity Building , Civil Society and Governance , Grant Management , Training
  Country: Angola
  Contact/Email: civilsociety@worldlearning.org
• Community Connections
  Duration: September 2005 - May 2011
  Funder: USAID
  Topics: Capacity Building , Capacity Development and Training , Institutional Strengthening , International Professional, Academic, and Cultural Exchanges , Training
  Country: Armenia , Azerbaijan , Belarus , Georgia , Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan , Moldova , Russia , Serbia , Tajikistan , Turkmenistan , Ukraine , Uzbekistan
  Partners: American Councils , Center for Social and Economic Development , PH International
  Contact/Email: lisa.posner@worldlearning.org
• Community-School Partnership Program
  Duration: February 2008 - February 2011
  Funder: Save the Children - USAID
  Topics: Capacity Building , Education , Training
  Country: Ethiopia
  Contact/Email: gillian.mcclelland@worldlearning.org
• Democracy Fellows Program (DFP-II)
  Duration: September 2005 - September 2011
  Funder: USAID
  Topics: Civil Society and Governance , Democratic Governance
  Country: Global
  Contact/Email: dem.fellows@worldlearning.org
• Engaging and Empowering Emerging Leaders in Universities of Jordan
  Duration: October 2008 - September 2010
  Funder: United Nations Democracy Fund
  Topics: Advocacy , Civic Participation , Civil Society and Governance , Youth
  Country: Jordan
  Partners: The Jordanian Center for Civic Education Studies (JCCES)
  Contact/Email: civilsociety@worldlearning.org
• English Language Teacher Training and Curriculum Reform Project
  Duration: October 2005 - July 2010
  Funder: Department of State
  Topics: Capacity Development and Training , Education , Institutional Strengthening , Training
  Country: Algeria
  Contact/Email: ruth.goode@worldlearning.org
• FORECAST - Albania
  Duration: September 2005 - May 2011
  Funder: USAID
  Topics: Capacity Building , Capacity Development and Training , Civil Society and Governance , Institutional Strengthening , International Professional, Academic, and Cultural Exchanges , Women's and Minority Rights
  Country: Albania
  Contact/Email: matty.thimm@worldlearning.org
• FORECAST - Caucasus
  Duration: August 2007 - May 2011
  Funder: USAID
  Topics: Capacity Building , Capacity Development and Training , Institutional Strengthening , Training
  Country: Azerbaijan , Georgia
  Contact/Email: patrick.coughlin@worldlearning.org
• FORECAST - Cyprus
  Duration: August 2008 - November 2010
  Funder: USAID
  Topics: Capacity Building , Capacity Development and Training , Institutional Strengthening , Training
  Country: Cyprus
  Contact/Email: jan.karpowicz@worldlearning.org
• FORECAST - Kosovo
  Duration: September 2005 - May 2011
  Funder: USAID
  Topics: Capacity Building , Capacity Development and Training , Civil Society and Governance , Institutional Strengthening , International Professional, Academic, and Cultural Exchanges , Training
  Country: Kosovo
  Contact/Email: matt.brown@worldlearning.org
• FORECAST - Macedonia
  Duration: September 2005 - March 2011
  Funder: USAID
  Topics: Capacity Building , Capacity Development and Training , Institutional Strengthening , Training
  Country: Macedonia
  Contact/Email: Valbona.Morina-Maksut@worldlearning.org
• FORECAST - Malawi
  Duration: August 2007 - May 2011
  Funder: USAID
  Topics: Education , HIV/AIDS , Institutional Strengthening , International Academic Exchanges , International Professional, Academic, and Cultural Exchanges , Training
  Country: Malawi
  Partners: Lakeland College
  Contact/Email: patricia.howe@worldlearning.org
• FORECAST - Nicaragua
  Duration: May 2010 - May 2011
  Funder: USAID
  Topics: Capacity Building , Capacity Development and Training , Civil Society and Governance , Institutional Strengthening , Training
  Country: Nicaragua
  Contact/Email: kevin.carew@worldlearning.org
• FORECAST - Russia
  Duration: May 2010 - May 2011
  Funder: USAID
  Topics: Capacity Building
  Country: Russia
  Contact/Email: lisa.posner@worldlearning.org
• FORECAST - Russia: Emergency Management
  Duration: September 2009 - April 2011
  Funder: USAID
  Topics: Capacity Building , Capacity Development and Training , Institutional Strengthening , International Professional, Academic, and Cultural Exchanges
  Country: Russia
  Contact/Email: patricia.howe@worldlearning.org
• FORECAST - Serbia
  Duration: September 2005 - May 2011
  Funder: USAID
  Topics: Capacity Building , Capacity Development and Training , Institutional Strengthening , Training
  Country: Montenegro , Serbia
  Contact/Email: mary.doyle@worldlearning.org
• FORECAST Egypt MBA Participant Program
  Duration: June 2007 - May 2011
  Funder: USAID
  Topics: Capacity Development and Training , Institutional Strengthening , International Academic Exchanges , Training
  Country: Egypt
  Partners: The Institute for International Education (IIE)
  Contact/Email: chris.allio@worldlearning.org
• FORECAST Egypt Short Term Training Program
  Duration: May 2010 - May 2011
  Funder: USAID
  Topics: Advocacy , Capacity Building , Capacity Development and Training , Civic Participation , Civil Society and Governance , Education , Institutional Strengthening , International Professional, Academic, and Cultural Exchanges , Training
  Country: Egypt
  Partners: The Institute for International Education (IIE)
  Contact/Email: eric.corens@worldlearning.org
• FORECAST Exchange Program for Serbia and Montenegro
  Duration: September 2007 - May 2011
  Funder: USAID
  Topics: Capacity Development and Training , Education , International Academic Exchanges , International Professional, Academic, and Cultural Exchanges
  Country: Montenegro , Serbia
  Contact/Email: thomas.bruey@worldlearning.org
• FORECAST/MENA Peace Scholarships Program
  Duration: September 2007 - September 2010
  Funder: USAID/OMEP
  Topics: Capacity Development and Training , Education , International Academic Exchanges , International Professional, Academic, and Cultural Exchanges
  Country: Algeria , Egypt , Gaza Strip , Jordan , Lebanon , Morocco , Oman , West Bank , Yemen
  Partners: The Institute for International Education (IIE)
  Contact/Email: indre.biskis@worldlearning.org
• Global Youth Leadership Institute Certificate Program
  Duration: February 2009 - March 2010
  Funder: Global Youth Leadership Institute
  Topics: Capacity Development and Training , Education , Institutional Strengthening , Training
  Country: United States
  Contact/Email: maggie.cassidy@worldlearning.org
• HIV/AIDS Prevention in Large-Scale Construction Sites
  Duration: October 2008 - October 2011
  Funder: USAID
  Topics: Education , HIV/AIDS , Youth
  Country: Ethiopia
  Contact/Email: blanka.homolova@worldlearning.org
• International Sports Programming Initiative in the U.S., Armenia, and Turkey
  Duration: September 2009 - December 2011
  Funder: Department of State
  Topics: International Professional, Academic, and Cultural Exchanges , Youth Exchanges
  Country: Armenia , Turkey
  Contact/Email: Vladimir.Spencer@worldlearning.org
• International Visitor Leadership Program
  Duration: October 2010 - January 2012
  Funder: Department of State
  Topics: Civil Society and Governance , International Professional, Academic, and Cultural Exchanges
  Country: Global
  Contact/Email: Peter.Simpson@worldlearning.org
• Iraqi Young Leaders Exchange Program for High School Students
  Duration: April 2008 - September 2011
  Funder: Department of State
  Topics: Education , International Professional, Academic, and Cultural Exchanges , Training , Youth Exchanges
  Country: Iraq
  Contact/Email: Christina.Thomas@worldlearning.org
• Iraqi Young Leaders Exchange Program for Undergraduate Students
  Duration: November 2007 - September 2011
  Funder: US Embassy Baghdad
  Topics: Education , International Academic Exchanges , International Professional, Academic, and Cultural Exchanges , Training , Youth Exchanges
  Country: Iraq
  Contact/Email: hiba.khalil@worldlearning.org
• Kacel Watwero Project
  Duration: June 2008 - May 2011
  Funder: Susan B. Plimpton , World Learning Trustee
  Topics: Education , Training , Youth
  Country: Uganda
  Partners: Straight Talk Foundation
  Contact/Email: gillian.mcclelland@worldlearning.org
• Massachusetts English Language Teacher Initiative 4
  Duration: July 2009 - June 2010
  Funder: Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
  Topics: Capacity Development and Training , Education , Institutional Strengthening , Training
  Country: United States
  Contact/Email: andrew.dick@worldlearning.org
• Onjoi Project
  Duration: June 2007 - June 2010
  Funder: Child Fund International – U.S Department of Labor (DOL)
  Topics: Education , Training , Youth
  Country: Angola
  Contact/Email: gillian.mcclelland@worldlearning.org
• Outreach and Integration of Marginalized Populations in Denmark
  Duration: September 2008 - September 2010
  Funder: Department of State
  Topics: Civil Society and Governance , Disenfranchised Groups , International Professional, Academic, and Cultural Exchanges
  Country: Denmark , United States
  Contact/Email: Neal.Lendenmann@worldlearning.org
• Positive Change: Children, Communities, and CARE (PC3) Program
  Duration: October 2004 - July 2010
  Funder: Save the Children - USAID
  Topics: Capacity Building , Education , HIV/AIDS , Institutional Strengthening
  Country: Ethiopia
  Contact/Email: ezra.simon@worldlearning.org
• RESPECT: Promotion and Protection of Citizen Rights
  Duration: September 2007 - September 2010
  Funder: USAID
  Topics: Advocacy , Civic Participation , Civil Society and Governance , Disenfranchised Groups , Women's and Minority Rights
  Country: Indonesia
  Partners: International Children’s Fund (CCF) , Komnas HAM , LBH Apik , LabSOSIO , PUSAKA , WAHID Institute
  Contact/Email: civilsociety@worldlearning.org
• Serbia Youth Leadership Program
  Duration: September 2008 - July 2010
  Funder: Department of State
  Topics: International Professional, Academic, and Cultural Exchanges , Youth Exchanges
  Country: Serbia , United States
  Contact/Email: Christina.Thomas@worldlearning.org
• Winari Project
  Duration: September 2005 - April 2010
  Funder: US Department of Labor (DOL)
  Topics: Education , Training , Youth
  Country: Ecuador
  Contact/Email: gillian.mcclelland@worldlearning.org
• Windows on America for Germany
  Duration: February 2008 - September 2009
  Funder: US Embassy Germany
  Topics: International Professional, Academic, and Cultural Exchanges
  Country: Germany , United States
  Contact/Email: Cari.Graves@worldlearning.org
• World Bank Civil Society Engagement Training
  Duration: January 2011 - June 2011
  Funder: World Bank
  Topics: Advocacy , Civil Society and Governance , Training
  Country: United States
  Contact/Email: jennifer.whatley@worldlearning.org
• World Bank Civil Society Training
  Duration: January 2008 - June 2009
  Funder: World Bank
  Topics: Advocacy , Civil Society and Governance , Training
  Country: United States
  Contact/Email: civilsociety@worldlearning.org
• Youth Ambassadors Program with Brazil
  Duration: September 2008 - April 2009
  Funder: Department of State
  Topics: International Professional, Academic, and Cultural Exchanges , Youth Exchanges
  Country: Brazil
  Contact/Email: Christina.Thomas@worldlearning.org
• Youth Ambassadors Program with Brazil
  Duration: September 2009 - September 2011
  Funder: Department of State
  Topics: International Professional, Academic, and Cultural Exchanges , Youth Exchanges
  Country: Brazil , United States
  Contact/Email: Cari.Graves@worldlearning.org