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In addition to the International Visitor Leadership Program, the International Visitors Council was selected to host the Community Connections Program currently with the U. S. Agency for International Development administered by World Learning. Since 1998, over 206 participants from Eurasian countries of the former Soviet Union have interned in businesses in Greater Kansas City to learn the ins-and-outs of the free-market economy. These visitors have stayed overnight in homes to develop strong links with our community and to reinforce the dynamics of the program. KCIVC has hosted 146 professionals from Ukraine, 40 professionals from Russia, and 50 professionals from Azerbaijan under this program and the prior Community Connections Program under the U.S. Department of State.
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 | Ten aspiring leaders from the Khmelnytskyy Oblast in Ukraine were selected by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to spend three weeks in Kansas City learning about volunteerism: recruitment, motivation and utilization. They all utilize volunteers in their sectors - economic development in rural areas, youth character building, providing services to the elderly and disabled, caring for orphans and more. At the end of the program, the delegates went home to Ukraine with ideas, plans and dreams for developing a culture of volunteerism in their region to bring social and economic change to Ukraine. During their three-week stay in Kansas City, they stayed with wonderful home stay hosts where they learned first-hand about American culture and made American friends.
Delegates met with: The Andrew Drumm Institute, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Bridging the Gap, Centurions Leadership Program, Coalition for Independence, Episcopal Community Kitchen, Habitat for Humanity, Harvesters, Junior Achievement, Kansas City Wildlands, Leawood Lions Club, Local Investment Commission, Midwest Center for Nonprofit Leadership, Midwest Foster Care and Adoption Assocation, Operation Breakthrough, Ronald McDonald House, Rotary Camp, Rotary Club 13, Shabbir Advisors, Shawnee Mission Northwest High School, St. Joseph Medical Center, The United Way of Greater Kansas City, The Volunteer Center of Johnson County, Volunteer Coordinators' Council, William Jewell College |
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The Corporate Social Responsibility program included ten individuals from Azerbaijan with backgrounds in business, nonprofit and government from Azerbaijan. These individuals were chosen by U.S. agencies in Azerbaijan to meet their counterparts in Kansas City and learn about socially responsible business practices and philanthropic initiatives in the U.S. Each of these visitors lived with an American family during their stay in Kansas City.
Delegates met with: American Century Investments, Bert Berkley, Bridging the Gap, Burns and McDonnell, Coalition for Independence, Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City, Dunn's Landing, Environmental Excellence Business Network, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Fleishman Hillard, JE Dunn Construction Company, Jewish Vocational Services of Kansas City, Kansas City Power & Light, Kansas City Star, Kauffman Foundation, Local Investment Commission, Rockhurst University Helzberg School of Management, Rotary Camp, Rotary Club 13, Schloegel Design Remodel, Shabbir Advisors, Sprint-Nextel, UMKC Financial Education Program, United Way of Greater Kansas City, University of Kansas, Urban Rangers, Women's Employment Network
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