Indonesia-U.S. Youth Leadership Exchange
The Indonesia-US Youth Leadership Exchange (IULX) offers high school students a practical, hands-on experience in environmental action planning and leadership development. This two-way exchange will focus on community activism to address local and regional environmental issues in the U.S. and Indonesia.The IULX initiative highlights young people as our future leaders and as valuable contributors to their communities.
Indonesian students plant trees as part of their environmental project
This program has three exciting phases in the United States and in Indonesia: “Global Friendships in America”, ”Indonesian Immersion” and “Speaking up for the Planet”. Students will visit and learn about each other’s countries, live with local families, participate in leadership training, and design and implement environmental improvement projects in their schools and communities. Download Program Description
Participants are diverse and promising youth from U.S. and Indonesia.
Indonesian students who participate in Legacy International’s programs are specially recruited by our partner in Indonesia, the Center for Civic Education Indonesia (CCEI) in Jakarta. Each year, a limited number of positions are available for full scholarship. Legacy, CCEI, and the U.S. Embassy choose particular schools in 2-3 cities in different regions of Indonesia from which students can apply for the scholarships. The regions and schools change each year, but only students at the selected schools can apply for the scholarship position. If a student from another school or region has independent funding, or if another funding organization or foundation wishes to sponsor additional students from any region, they should contact CCEI in Indonesia.
Watch slideshow of 2011 Indonesian-U.S Youth Leadership Exchange events
Indonesian participants arrive in California Sight Seeing in San Francisco Hiking through Muir Woods to see giant Redwoods Ecoservice Project on California Coast in Marin County on Muir Beach Ready to work on habitat restoration project Group recieves instruction and hike out to spawning area of endangered Coho Salmon Working on removing non-indigenous plants from coastal area Happy workers restore native habitat Filling up bags with non-indigenous plants Filling up bags with non-native plants helps restore the habitat Satisfied participants at end of the project day Indonesians participant recieve orientation at Hayes Valley Farm Helping to water urban garden plants Photo shot at end of project day under solar panel station Leadership Training sessions begin Introduction to U.S. environmental issues and solutions Everyone participates in the exchange of ideas Indonesian Participants Travel to Washington DC Photo time in front of the Lincoln Memorial Excited Indonesian US Leadership Exchange students Holding the Washington Monument Shanti Thompson, VP Legacy International, introduces Indonesian Embassy officials Indonesian participants speak with Indonesian interpreter, Pak Balbed Relaxing after session is completed Indonesian arrive at the Global Youth Village in Virginia
and meet U.S. participants in the exchange program Everyone is excited about meeting U.S. friends Learning contradancing at the Global Youth Village afternoon electives Participants present Follow-On project ideas Indonesian team presents their Environmental workshop project Sharing workshop discussion topics End of a long session, time for a break Sharing moments of pingpong in quiet of late afternoon Indonesians prepare a cultural meal for their new friends at GYV What's for dinner? Around the World night, Indonesians in their traditional dress Around the World Night of festive sharing Sharing Night on the Global Youth Village stage Indonesians sing their National Anthem U.S Participants travel to Indonesia and join Balikpapan participants in beach clean up 100 Volunteers join the IULX participants in their Montero Beach clean up project This successful environmental clean up project was coordinated by the Indonesian IULX participants Joe Sulik, U.S. participant presents environmental books to Indonesian high school Imani William, U.S. participant shares her environmental project with Indonesia peers Visiting Indonesian participants school in Malang. The school's vision is
-'To become a successful school for creating Future Leaders" IULX participants were presented with traditional batik clothes, a gift from partner CCE-Indonesia Presentations received and appreciated. (Wearing batik is considered "dress attire" for special occasions)
Sponsor and Partner
The IULX initiative is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational & Cultural Affairs and implemented in partnership with the Center for Civic Education Indonesia (CCEI). Legacy and CCEI have partnered successfully for eight years on multiple ECA-funded projects:
Center for Civic Education Indonesia is an Indonesian NGO working to improve the quality of instruction, methods and access to civic education throughout Indonesia. Formerly an international office of the US organization Center for Civic Education based in Calabasas, California, CCEI began to operate independently in 2007. Currently CCEI has active projects in 22 of the 33 Indonesian provinces, which has resulted in the instruction of over 300,000 students.
wow, new program!
glad to hear about two-way exchange
good luck for all of IULX participants!
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these programs for studends in University or just high school??? i so glad to hear this program.. thanks
hello, my name is Mayuni Novita Harianja.
I am 16 years old, and I am Indonesian.
I want to join this programme. Do you still offer such a programme?
I really need to join this kind of thing
I need scholarship programme.
I need this. Thank you so much
Hi Mayuni, thanks for your interest. Recruitment in Indonesia is done by our partner, the Center for Civic Education, Indonesia (CCEI) http://www.cce-indonesia.org/. Please contact them if you are interested in applying.
Hi, I’m Fani, 17 years old from Indonesian. Same with the comment above, I also interested in such program like this, but I have a little bit information to what things I must prepare before applying. It’s the time for me, If i could be a part of this. thanks for the information
full gratitude! I always wait your reply dear
i want to join programme but i don`t know join this programme
is still open for registration
Thanks for your inquiry. Participants in this program have already been selected, but please stay in touch as you could possibly apply for a future program.
Thanks for your interest. Right now the program is just for high school students.