![Students participate in an English language lesson as part of the Teen Teach program in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 2011. The image is from a documentary filmed by Afghan youths about the Teen Teach program, which is supported by the U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan. [State Department image/ Public Domain]](http://blogs.state.gov/images/Dipnote/behind_the_scenes/2012_0412_teen_teach_afghanistan_m.jpg)
About the Author: Anna Mussman serves as U.S. Public Diplomacy Advisor in Jalalabad, Afghanistan.
Harnessing the energy and talents of youth, “Teen Teach” is a unique public diplomacy program run by our embassy in Kabul that trains Afghan teenagers to teach English. It began last summer and reached more than a thousand young learners in Afghanistan during that time period.
“‘Teen Teach’ gives these bright, enthusiastic teenagers the opportunity to pass along their knowledge of English to younger children,” Ambassador David Pearce says in a documentary that U.S. Embassy Kabul put together to spotlight the program. “The program not only provides these children with an education that stresses the rich cultural heritage of Afghanistan, but it also helps to open their eyes to the wider world, and — in so doing… more »
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