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a student from your ancestral
country
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One of NECO's goals is to increase the
number of international student
ambassadors each year—both from
countries that are under-represented and
from additional nations.
Maurice Buckley, NECO President, sponsors
two ambassadors from Ireland each year.
"The letters I get from these kids after
their week in Washington are absolutely
inspiring," he said. "I can't think of
a more effective means of insuring that our
world will be in good hands when the next
generation takes over."
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To inquire about sponsoring a student
from your community or ancestral
country, contact NECO
at 212-755-1492 or www.necocares.org
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NECO is proud to play a role in developing
tomorrow's leaders - individuals who will carry
with them always a respect for others of every
race, religion, national and ethnic background.
For additional information about HOBY, visit
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For eight days the 15 to17-year-olds hear outstanding speakers, meet in
small workshops, and work elbow-to-elbow on community projects in the
District of Columbia.
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This year's speakers included the distinguished Dr. Robert Gallo,
an Ellis Island Medal of Honor recipient, who co-discovered HIV and with
his team pioneered the HIV blood test. |
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Theme subjects of the week were technology, entrepreneurship, and
leadership. The participants live together, in a George Washington University
dormitory, in an atmosphere of friendship and cooperation. The
"ambassadors"—over 400 of them—return home, ready to make a
commitment to community service, and to play a leadership role in the future
of their neighborhoods and nations. Leading up to the annual HOBY World
Leadership Congress, students attend local youth leadership seminars here
and abroad. HOBY has programs in Canada, Mexico, Israel, Korea, Taiwan,
Bolivia, Argentina, China, and this past year, Iraq. Students from many more
countries—including Lebanon, Jordan and the Philippines—attend the
international Congress in Washington, D.C. HOBY hopes to add students
from additional countries, including Iran, Ghana, Zambia, Latvia and Kenya, in
the future.
Since 1958, HOBY has impacted more than 345,000 high school students in
the US and abroad.
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