LANCASTER - On May 24,1982,
President Reagan announced the
Initiative, a cooperative un
dertaking between government
and the private sector. This
liaison, which will have direct
benefits for the Pennsylvania 4-H
programs, is promoting direct
youth exchanges as a way to en
sure closer relations and improved
cross-cultural understanding.
During 1984, a push will be made to
expand the youth exchange into
additional countries.
Charles Z. Wick, director of the
United States Information Agency
(USIA), is Reagan’s personal
representative to the program.
Through USIA grants, American
non-profit exchange organizations
that have demonstrated com
petence in selecting host families
and providing youth represen
tatives receive funding to increase
their number of exchanges.
4-H International Youth Ex
change (IFYE) is one of 35
organizations benefiting from the
Initiative. Established by the Penn
State Cooperative Extension
Service in 1948, IFYE has since
made it possible for more than 3000
young Americans to visit 89 foreign
nations. Each year nearly 2000
families worldwide provide homes
for IFYE delegates, the majority
of whom spend six weeks to five
months living with several dif
ferent families in their host
country. During 1983, young men
and women from 30 countries were
exchanged with American
delegates from all over the United
States.
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President's Youth Exchange Initiative Benefits 4-H
“The International 4-H Youth
Exchange is a vehicle for personal
growth and development,” says
Dan E. Moore, associate professor
of rural sociology at Penn State
and a former 4-H member. “It
allows delegates to realize being a
leader doesn’t always mean
chairing an organization or being
captain of a team. Learning
another way of life, improving
communication skills, and sharing
ideas teach the delegates self
confidence as well as a deeper
understanding of themselves and
their own culture.”
“I have a better world ap
preciation,” says Emily Hallowell,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Penrose
Hallowell of Bucks County. Ms.
Hallowell is a 1981 horticulture
graduate of Penn State and a 1983
IFYE delegate to Finland.
“There’s a moment when you
feel frustrated and overwhelmed
by the language barrier,” she
says. “Then you learn to beat it.
You speak with hand and facial
movements. Eventually you start
to leam the language, and it
doesn’t take all that long.”
Tina Taylor, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Harry R. Taylor of Dauphin
County, spent six months in the
Netherlands as a 1983 IFYE
representative. She corresponded
with the state 4-H office during her
stay.
“The only way to really learn
about a country and its people is to
live there, with those people,” she
wrote. “...In the past two months, I
have lived in three provinces-
South Holland, Zeeland and
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Members of the 1983 International 4-H Youth Exchange gathered at Penn State's
University Park Campus to discuss the opportunities offered through this overseas
program. Back row (left to right): Tina Taylor, Dauphin County; Cheryl Compton, Indiana
County; Wendy Fahnestock, Lebanon County; Douglas Brant, Somerset County; and
Kevin Sames, Bucks County. Front row (left to right): Susan Mummah, Juniata County;
Janice Homan, Westmoreland County; Joan Liesau, Dauphin County; Emily Hallowell,
Bucks County; and Thomas Reyburn, Centre County.
Fieisland. Moving around to
different areas has shown me that,
even in a country so small, the
people can be very different. In
each province I found different
lifestyles, costumes and even a
different language.”
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