The U.S. Embassy in Bangkok is pleased to open the call for applications for the Fall 2018 YSEALI Academic Fellowship to candidates from Thailand interested in the themes of Civic Engagement, Environmental Issues and Natural Resource Management, and Social Entrepreneurship and Economic Development. Six Institutes will take place between late August and early November 2018. ...
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By U.S. Embassy Bangkok | 11 May, 2018 | Topics:
Alumni, News
| Tags: YSEALI
On Thursday, April 26, Chargé d’Affaires Peter Haymond welcomed to Bangkok 63 alumni from the East Asia Teaching Excellence and Achievement (TEA) Alumni Workshop. Participants included teachers from Cambodia, Laos, Mongolia, Thailand, and Vietnam. Over the course of two days, the participants shared their successes since participating in the program and attended sessions on developing ...
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By U.S. Embassy Bangkok | 26 April, 2018 | Topics:
Alumni, Chargé D’Affaires, Deputy Chief of Mission, East Asia & Pacific, English Language Learning
During a March 28 visit to Chiang Mai, Deputy Chief of Mission Peter Haymond and Consul General Jennifer Harhigh presided over the grand opening of the newly relocated American Corner at Chiang Mai University’s Faculty of Political Science and Public Administration. The corner is our oldest in Thailand; it opened in 2004 at the University ...
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By U.S. Consulate Chiang Mai | 28 March, 2018 | Topics:
Alumni, Chiang Mai, Consul General, Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. & Thailand
| Tags: American Corner
On June 10, U.S. Embassy Bangkok invited 42 YSEALI members and alumni to participate in the YSEALI Environmental Field Trip to help a local community restore and conserve a coastal mangrove forest. A group of energetic youth traveled to Prasae, a seaside district in Rayong Province, to talk to local leaders about measures taken to ...
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By U.S. Embassy Bangkok | 10 June, 2017 | Topics:
Alumni, Environment, Events, News
| Tags: YSEALI
On December 18th-22nd, 42 youth leaders from Myanmar, Laos, and Thailand get together in Chiang Rai, Thailand to participate in the Mekong River Project 2016. This program aims at empowering the youth from vulnerable communities around the Golden Triangle as “Mekong River Ambassadors” through creation of an eco-tourist circuit in the region; at the same ...
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By U.S. Embassy Bangkok | 18 December, 2016 | Topics:
Alumni, Environment, Events, News
| Tags: AEIF2016, MKRP2016, YSEALIth
Ambassador Glyn Davies and Deputy Chief of Mission Peter Haymond were treated to an evening stroll around Wat Chai Wattanaram, along with members of our Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI), on Wednesday, December 7. Under the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation, the World Monuments Fund and the Royal Thai Government are conserving Wat ...
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By U.S. Embassy Bangkok | 7 December, 2016 | Topics:
Alumni, Ambassador, Culture, Deputy Chief of Mission, Events, News, U.S. & Thailand
| Tags: World Monuments Fund
The U.S. Embassy celebrated 10 years of the Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study (YES) program on Thursday, Sept. 22 with a reception hosted by Ambassador Glyn Davies. This popular exchange program sends over 900 high-school students from around the world annually to spend a year in the U.S., studying in American high schools. YES alumni ...
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By U.S. Embassy Bangkok | 22 September, 2016 | Topics:
Alumni, Ambassador, Events, News
| Tags: Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study (YES) Program, YES program
On September 18, YSEALI gathered over 30 youth from every region of Thailand to attend a debate camp at Payap University in Chiang Mai. The two winners, Mr. Sila Thongborisute and Mr.Sirasith Suchartlikitwongse, will compete in the final debate at U.S. Embassy Bangkok’s Election Watch Event on November 9 with Ambassador Glyn Davies!
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By U.S. Consulate Chiang Mai | 18 September, 2016 | Topics:
Alumni, Chiang Mai, Elections, Events
| Tags: YSEALI
On July 12, Ambassador Glyn T. Davies hosted a reception at his residence in honor of 40 youth leaders who are now attending the YSEALI Alumni Thematic International Exchange Seminar (TIES). During the seminar, the participants explored issues of shared values and discovered ways to inspire positive community action, volunteerism, and grassroots mobilization in local ...
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By U.S. Embassy Bangkok | 12 July, 2016 | Topics:
Alumni, Ambassador, East Asia & Pacific, Events
| Tags: AlumniTIES, ExchangeAlumni, YSEALI
Thailand YSEALI-Combating Against Human Trafficking Group, Project Liber8 youth group from Malaysia, and World Vision Foundation of Thailand co-organize Anti-Human Trafficking Workshop 2016 for 34 youth leaders from Thailand and Malaysia at Al Meroz Hotel in Bangkok on June 7-10, 2016. The project aims to equip participants with the knowledge to disseminate information about human ...
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By U.S. Embassy Bangkok | 7 June, 2016 | Topics:
Alumni, Events
| Tags: Human Trafficking, YSEALI
U.S. Ambassador Glyn T. Davies welcomed and engaged with 40
Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) alumni at the U.S. Embassy in Bangkok on May 19. This is yet the biggest reunion of Thai YSEALI alumni in Thailand and it kicks-off a two-day Thailand YSEALI Alumni Summit. The overall goal of the Summit is to discuss and plan ways to ...
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By U.S. Embassy Bangkok | 19 May, 2016 | Topics:
Alumni, Ambassador, Events
| Tags: summit, YSEALI
