February Calendars for our American Corners

American Corner Skopje

American Corner Tetovo

American Corner Bitola

American Corner Struga

American Corner Stip

Wetlands Photo Celebration 2012 fan favorites

Happy World Wetlands Day 2012!! Please join us in congratulating our Wetlands Photo Celebration fan favorites—with images and photographers from around the globe in the four categories of favorites for the Wetlands and Tourism theme: Plants, Landscape, Tourists and Wildlife. Check out the lush stilt village in Ghana, a peaceful river in West Virginia, a snorkeler in the gorgeous coastal wetlands of Mexico, and a beautiful damselfly in Cambodia. Many thanks to all who participated – The US State Department received nearly 900 hundred photo submissions. We salute the world’s wetlands for their many critical benefits to humankind and their incredible beauty. See the wonderful photos submitted through the State Department's Flickr site!

http://www.flickr.com/groups/wwd2012photocelebration/pool/with/6633558673/


Fan favorites:

The fan favorite in the WILDLIFE category (damselfly):

Wetland: Tonle Sap lake Wetland, Phur Sat province

Photographer: SAR Monyrath from Phnom Penh, Cambodia

The fan favorite in the PLANTS category (water and vegetation):

Wetland: Nzulezo Stilt Village in Jomoro district, western Ghana

Photograph: Francis Kwame Paintsil from Accra, Ghana

The fan favorite in the TOURISM category (snorkeler):

Wetland: Gran Cenote in Quintana Roo, Mexico

Photographer: Seth Patterson from Brownsville, Texas - USA

And the fan favorite in the LANDSCAPE category (open water with trees):

Wetland: Tomlinson Run State Park (Tomlinson Run Lake) in West Virginia, United States

Photographer: Nadya Stoyanova Dzhevizova from Plovdiv, Bulgaria

 

*Chinese New Year*

The Chinese year 4710 begins TODAY, on Jan. 23, 2012.
The zodiac sign for 2012 is the Dragon! For the Chinese, the dragon is the luckiest and most auspicious of all the animal signs. Chinese parents want their kids to get married in the Year of the Dragon and babies to be born in the Year of the Dragon because they're supposed to be lucky. 

Happy Year of the Dragon!

image source http://www.recipes4us.co.uk/images/Chinese%20New%20Year%202012%20Dragon.jpg

World Wetlands Day Photo celebration, January 3-20, 2012

See the Flickr stream for World Wetland Day Photo Celebration

http://www.flickr.com/groups/WWD2012PhotoCelebration

January 2012 monthly programs at our American Corners!

American Corner Struga

American Corner Tetovo

American Corner Stip

American Corner Bitola

American Corner Skopje

See you in 2012!!

December Monthly Programs for our American Corners

American Corner Bitola

American Corner Stip

American Corner Tetovo

American Corner Struga

American Corner Skopje

December 1 is World AIDS Day

Today is WORLD AIDS DAY. World AIDS Day is held on 1 December each year and is an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV, show their support for people living with HIV and to commemorate people who have died. 

 How will you get involved?

Aids.gov

 

 

 Do you know about The (2015) Quilt? 1,000 babies are born with HIV every day. By 2015, that number can be nearly zero! Be part of the Beginning of the End of AIDS! 

 

 

 

International Education Week: November 14- 18, 2011

International Education Week is an opportunity to celebrate the benefits of international education and exchange worldwide. This joint initiative of the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education is part of our efforts to promote programs that prepare Americans for a global environment and attract future leaders from abroad to study, learn, and exchange experiences in the United States. 

If you are interested in pursuing your education in the US, check your nearest American Corner to see what kind of events they have organized for IEW 2011:


American Corner Skopje

American Corner Bitola

American Corner Tetovo
(check the facebook page for more info)

American Corner Stip

American Corner Struga
(check the facebook page for more info)

November monthly programs

American Corner Bitola

American Corner Skopje

American Corner Stip

American Corner Struga