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For the past four years, since the Exchanges for Culture, Education, and Leadership (ExCEL) program was inaugurated by the U.S. Embassy in Lithuania, a total of 26 Lithuanian high school students were given an opportunity to travel to the U.S. for a year of high school and live with an American host family. The exchange year was one of growth, maturity, and learning about others.
American Councils has longed planned for a bilateral component to the ExCEL program, which offers an opportunity to American high school students to live and study in Vilnius, Lithuania, for one academic year. The program seeks to enhance U.S- Lithuanian relations by promoting strong ties between a new generation of young Lithuanian and American leaders through scholarships.
During a meeting in Washington D.C., KFF NYC executive Director Neila Baumiliene met with former U.S. Ambassador to Lithuania Anne Derse, Miriam Parel and Brooke Swafford, both of the American Councils, to discuss a possibility of the KFF three year commitment to the bilateral ExCEL program.