CULTURAL EXCHANGE / HERITAGE PROGRAMS

CULTURAL EXCHANGE
Governments and organizations seeking to promote peace and mutual understanding might provide opportunities to travel to their country to experience their cultural, political, and economic environment and share information about your culture. The opportunities include fellowship programs, government teaching assistantships, and placement by a third-party organization. They may be short-term to year-long in duration: 

• Kawamura Fellowship Program (Japan and Thailand)
• BUNAC (New Zealand, Ireland, Canada, Australia)
• CDS International, Inc. (Germany)
• Chatteris Educational Foundations (Hong Kong)
• Council on International Educational Exchange (multiple)
• French American Cultural Exchange (France)
• InterExchange (multiple)
• US Department of State Overseas Exchange Opportunities for Americans
• US Department of State Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs (multiple)

HERITAGE PROGRAMS
Heritage programs provide travel/cultural opportunities for individuals of a specific nationality or ethnicity. Some examples include:

• Birthright Israel Program
• IndiCorps
• National Italian American Foundation