Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study Program (YES)
The application deadline has passed for the 2012 YES scholarships. Please return to this page in Fall 2013 to learn if there are more scholarships.
AMIDEAST administers the U.S. Department of State’s Youth Exchange and Study Program (YES), a scholarship program for high-school age students in the Middle East and Asia. The prestigious YES scholarships cover all major expenses, including airfare, room and board, health insurance, pocket money, and educational supplies. Scholarship recipients are selected on the basis of their applications and interviews with an interview panel. Disabled students are welcome and encouraged to apply.
In Yemen, up to 35 secondary-school students between the ages of 15 and 18 are selected every year to participate in the program. Once selected, AMIDEAST works with students for nearly eight months to assure that they are equipped with the necessary language, study, and life skills to participate in the ten-month exchange program. To date, over two hundred Yemeni students have participated in the YES Program since its inception in 2003.
How to apply:
- Download and complete the preliminary YES application (see link Apply Now or pick one up at our office in Sanaa or Aden).
- Return the pre-application and all required documents in person to AMIDEAST Sanaa or Aden by 4 P.M. on Wednesday, October 24, 2012.
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Yemen
Contact Information
| Country Director: Edward Prados | |
| Sana'a Office | |
| Street Address: Off Algiers St. |
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 15508 |
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| Aden Office | |
| Street Address: 162 Miswat Street Khormaksar Aden, Yemen |
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 6009 |
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| Phone: +967-1-400-280; +967-1-400-281 (Sana'a)
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