Famous basketball player Andrei Kirilenko invites to study in the US

Famous basketball player Andrei Kirilenko announced a new project called “Sports United. Basketball Ambassadors. As part of the sports exchange program, 20 basketball coaches from Russia will come to the US. All coaches working in schools and universities can get an internship opportunity in America. The organizers of the project will help to get a visa, pay for accommodation and meals in the United States. You must submit an application for participation before 7 декабря 2015 года.

According to Andrey Kirilenko, the curriculum will be rich and interesting. “A great example of how complete strangers speaking different languages ​​can come together in the name of a common interest, that is, a game,” said the basketball player.

Russian basketball players will visit popular matches, see American cities. True, only finalists of the project will be able to do this.

And in April, the American schoolchildren will go to Russia with their coaches in 2016.

The organization is dealt with by several departments: the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the US State Department, the US Embassy in Moscow, Russian-American Foundation.

Previously, “Forum” told about the activities of the Russian-American Foundation and the holding of the festival “Our legacy ". And most recently, with the support of the foundation, I came to New York Puppet Theatre behalf of S. V. Obraztsov with the play "Unusual Concert". It is listed in the Guinness Book of Records: it has been played almost 10 thousands of times in many different languages ​​of the world.