{"id":257677,"date":"2023-04-18T11:23:39","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T09:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/press\/four-malagasy-leaders-to-attend-2023-community-engagement-exchange-program?lang=en"},"modified":"2023-04-18T11:23:39","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T09:23:39","slug":"four-malagasy-leaders-to-attend-2023-community-engagement-exchange-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/four-malagasy-leaders-to-attend-2023-community-engagement-exchange-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Malagasy Leaders to Attend 2023 Community Engagement Exchange Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/large\/c8e1372a80256f0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/large\/c8e1372a80256f0\" alt=\"U.S. Embassy in Madagascar\" style=\"max-width:500px\" \/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/download\/c8e1372a80256f0\">Download logo<\/a><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/africarc\/loganalytics?press_id=251027&amp;press_source=U.S. Embassy in Madagascar\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Four outstanding Malagasy leaders have been selected for the second cohort of the Community Engagement Exchange (CEE) program.&nbsp; Johanna Ravomanana, Ny Andraina Andriamanantena, and Sedra Rakotovao were selected for the CEE, while Ketakandriana Rafitoson was selected as a CEE Specialist Mentor. After completion of their three-month virtual orientation, the team will travel to the U.S. to complete a three-month practicum where they will work with nonprofit organizations, private entities, and government offices across the United States on civil society-related initiatives.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The CEE program is a year-long U.S. government-funded professional exchange designed for civil society actors and influencers aged 21-28 in over 100 countries. Participants work in five broad themes: Civic Dialogue and Peace Building, Open and Participatory Government, Women and Gender Issues, Resilience and Sustainable Development, and Youth Engagement. &nbsp;The exchange program is designed to harness the potential of emerging and influential leaders by providing opportunities to build networks and long-term relationships.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to these dynamic young leaders on their selection to the very competitive CEE program!<\/p>\n<p><i>Distributed by APO Group on behalf of U.S. Embassy in Madagascar.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/\">Source: Africa Newsroom &#8211; APO<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Download logo Four outstanding Malagasy leaders have been selected for the second cohort of the Community Engagement Exchange (CEE) program.&nbsp; Johanna Ravomanana, Ny Andraina Andriamanantena, and Sedra Rakotovao were selected for the CEE, while Ketakandriana Rafitoson was selected as a CEE Specialist Mentor. After completion of their three-month virtual orientation, the team will travel to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":257678,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4584],"tags":[4585],"class_list":{"0":"post-257677","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-africa-news-2","8":"tag-apo","9":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/four-malagasy-leaders-to-attend-2023-community-engagement-exchange-program.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257677\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/257678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}