Since 2007, the Iraqi Young Leaders Exchange Program (IYLEP) has brought more than 2,500 Iraqi high school and undergraduate students to the UnitedStates for four weeks each summer to learn about leadership, civic engagement, and peacebuilding.

The Iraqi Young Leaders Exchange Program is sponsored by the U.S. Embassy Baghdad and the U.S. Department of State with funding provided by the U.S. Government and administered by World Learning. 

"We have learned that these programs enable people from different walks of life to find their voices, transform, and lead. Through these programs, we are together building bridges across the world, making our communities better places in which to live," - U.S. Ambassador Douglas Silliman and World Learning President and CEO Carol Jenkins.