AYLP A Life Changing Experience

       

                    AYLP
    A Life Changing Experience 
  
 What is AYLP ?

AYLP 2013 participants in front of United State Congress

Algeria Youth Leadership Program is once in a lifetime opportunity for Algerian teenagers

(15-18) to spend a full month in the United States

of America.It’s more than just an exchange program

but a golden key for a journey of self improvement

and a bridge to interact with other teenagers from

different regions and backgrounds.

Words from a previous participant :

Getting to travel abroad for the first time without your family, spending a month in a foreign country you once dreamed of visiting, and staying at a stranger’s house, all sounded to me intimidating, exciting, and surreal at the same time, but once i met my fellow participants, my host family and the chaperons every doubt i had, was nothing but a shadow and before i could know it, we were already having a blast learning from each other, working together and interacting with one another.

 The plane took off from Algiers after a week of workshops and ice breaking activities, and here we were on our way to the most enlightening, transformative and challenging travel experience.Landing in D.C followed by the biggest little city in the world, Reno, we got to meet our host families who opened their houses for us and took us in as one of their owns,we did stimulating activities which gave us everyday something new to think about. Lake Tahoe the magical place where we had our dinner by the lake as we watched the fireworks goes up, celebrating another year of USA’s independence and got to spend time with professor Todd Felts who taught us to show and not to tell when proving a point.San Francisco my favorite out of them all, part of it reminded me of Algiers and another screamed Oran, but what caught my attention the most was how open minded and joyful the citizens of SF were.

From the people we met, the activities we took part of, to the places we’ve been to, it all left us with nothing but inspiration and an urge to make a change, AYLP is indeed a LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCE.

AYLP'S GOT TALENT

AYLP Goals

AYLP consists of several

 workshops and teamwork 

activities which give the participants self-confident,courage to speak their minds and help them sharpen their leadership skills, but focuses more on teaching them how to create nonprofit organizations and mange them, by using social networks as tools to gather donations or raise awareness about certain cause. After the program the participants are asked to apply what they have learned in their own communities through volunteering work and they are accepted to have a long term projects which serve and help their communities.

HOW TO APPLY?

1) Go to:   http://algiers.usembassy.gov/academic_exchanges.html

2) Download the application form of AYLP, fill it (in english) then submit it electronically (you need to respect the deadline)

3) Semi-finalist for the program will be called to do an interview in Algiers before a final selection decision is made.

AYLP students at Nevada University after recieving their award certificate

WHAT HAVE OTHERS SAID?

Sarah Belkhir, Tizi Ouzel

Aylp has been a real life changing experience besides the fact that I've always been passioned about this large and attractive Nation ( America ) full of Diversity and originality ..I learned also alot of things about myself such as flexibility, this program had helped me to respect people in their way of thinking and gave me strength to face the challenges in my community first and by extension in our entire and large world , I would say that this Program had changed my life forever.

kaleb peterson-taylor, United States

This experience is one that changed my views on the world. If you have the opportunity to do it, take it

Laroui Nacim, Bouira

I would say that AYLP was the largest bend that my life ever took, beside the things that I have learned and the amazing people I have met, I discovered much more about myself, this program was a life-changing experience that marked me forever.

Soheir Regagba, Oran

Never in my life have I had the opportunities I’ve been given in this program: to learn, to explore, to travel outside the boundaries set up around tourism, to experience actual life beyond my home. What a wonderful program!