Cultural Affairs Section

Cultural Exchange and Programs

The Cultural Affairs Section promotes bilateral understanding between Sierra Leone and      the United States via a variety of educational and other exchanges both at the American Embassy and elsewhere:

• It sponsors lectures by visiting American scholars.          
• It administers scholarship programs as follows;
• The Fulbright Program provides scholarships to Sierra Leonean graduate students to study in the United States as well as supporting U.S. students studying in Sierra Leone, and U.S. professors who spend a semester or a year teaching in Sierra Leone.
• The Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program permits senior employees in both the public and private sectors to spend up to a year in the United States for non-university studies combined with internships in companies or organizations in their professional field.
• The International Visitor Leadership Program brings Sierra Leonean leaders in many fields to the United States for four-week programs in areas of their interest. Some of these are "group" or "area" programs in which the Sierra Leonean participant joins others from different countries of Africa or the world to study U.S. experience with education, public health, community organization, national and local politics, protection of the environment or many other subjects. 

For further information, please contact Ms. Amy Challe, Cultural Affairs Assistant of the Public Affairs Section at the American Embassy in Freetown, Sierra Leone.  Tel: (232) 22 515 364; (232) 76-695-357; (232) 76 515 364

Photos of Cultural Programs

Fulbright Outreach at Fourah Bay College (2008)	Amistad America Skit at UN Integrated Office in Sierra Leone (March 2008)	Fulbright Outreach at Milton Margai College of Education and Technology  (2008)
Certification Ceremony during the Women in Leadership Seminar at the US Embassy (2006)	Group Photo of participants at the Women in Leadership seminar (2006)	Cross section of Women in Leadership Group during seminar at the Embassy (2006)