CampCasts: Global Youth Voices by students of American Councils for International Education programs
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- Society & Culture
Voices and stories of students and alumni from camps programs run by American Councils for International Education.
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The Girl Who Wanted to go to America
A teenage girl has to to navigate the nuances of her family relationships in order to get permission to go to the USA. A short story written by Abdullah Masood during the Journeys to Success workshop series (Chennai). Performing the story is Jain Benita as “Sister”, Tamil Selvi as “Mother”, Justin as “Father” and Abdullah Masood as “Brother”.
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Not a Plenty More Fish in the Ocean (plus interview with Athiphan)
In this episode, we hear from Athiphan Anbumani, a “super alumni” of US State Department sponsored programs. He talks about his journey through the Access program and introduces a short story that he wrote and performed with his group at the recent Journeys to Success workshop (Chennai).
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Friends and Hobbies
Bourana, Fatima, and El Hadji talk about friendship in Senegal, and how life can be wonderful with friends.
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Expectations of an Exchange | hosted by Penda
Penda talks with a YES Abroad counselor, Devin, about his expectation in coming to Senegal, and then interviews campers about what they expect as potential exchange students to the US.
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YES Camp 2019 | hosted by Widad
Widad Interviews two YES campers, MC and Fatima, to paint a picture of the activities and goal of the YES Camp program.
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Values and Customs
Adama and Gondoleeza discuss values and then customs within Senegalese culture.