INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES
OVERVIEW
Our mission is to deepen people-to-people exchanges to foster mutual understanding and respect, as well as to create international cooperation between communities at a subnational level. We have created our global initiative Subnational X to implement all of our exchange programs under one brand through KIF's national chapters and partners. The initiative aims to advance grassroots engagements in economic, cross-cultural, educational, sports, youth and security exchanges in collaborations with governments, civil society and community leaders.
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INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES
OUR STORY
Our first exchange project was the U.S. Martial Arts Festival that we hosted in 2010 and 2011 with over 1,000 martial arts masters, students and supporters representing their schools and countries from around the world to facilitate the exchange of cultures and their arts. Since then, we have implemented a variety of successful international exchange programs for tens of thousands of people of a wide range of ages and backgrounds through our national chapters in different continents.
INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES
INITIATIVE
At a subnational level, we deepen people-to-people exchanges globally by fostering economic, cross-cultural, sports and security exchange activities in collaboration with subnational governments, civil society and community leaders. Subnational partnerships for states, cities, and other actors have never been more important to facilitate constructive opportunities and proactively engage in bilateral and international initiatives.
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SUBNATIONAL DIPLOMACY
Subnational partnerships for states, cities, and other subnational actors have never been more important to facilite constructive opportunities and proactively engage in bilateral and international initiatives.
IMPACTS
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PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE
Our national chapters facilitate grassroots people-to-people exchange projects ranging from cross-cultural to professional to educational to economic to sports in an inclusive and diverse way with our regional strategic partners.
PARTNERS
UNITED NATIONS
GOVERNMENTS
NGOs
SCHOOLS
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GET INVOLVED
We welcome all individuals who believe in our mission and vision and are ready to take on some wonderful assignments for our programs and activities to make a difference in your communities and its people.
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