Friendship
Ambassadors Foundation, Inc was founded by Fulbright Scholar Harry Morgan and
well-respected travel professional Cappy Devlin. It
has facilitated international travel and exchange programs as an
independent foundation since 1973. Since its inception, FAF has cultivated
international affiliations and representation in order to fulfill
its mission to promote Youth Leadership capacity-building opportunities and
Peace through Cultural Exchange. Since 1993, the organization has been led
under the consistent direction of Patrick Sciarratta
as Executive Director.
FAF pioneered
cultural exchange with American arts ensembles: in 1984, it prepared the
first American performance exchange with
FAF is directed by
Patrick Sciarratta. He is on faculty at Purchase
College (SUNY) and regularly invited to address youth leadership issues
worldwide. In 2011, he was invited by King Mohammed VI to the Fez Conference of
Noble Laureates to address skill building for youth leaders and then afterwards
to the Arab League Youth Leadership Workshop in
FAF programs have
included many well-known participants throughout the past four decades,
including United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan, author Alex Haley,
Mother Teresa, Senator Jay Rockefeller, President Vaclav Havel, three American
astronauts, Reverend Jesse Jackson, social entrepreneur Kathy Ireland, Dr. Arun Gandhi – the list goes on and on. However, the Foundation
is most proud of the tens of thousands of private citizens and the millions of
lives that have been touched and changed by the participation, engagement, and
exchange our public projects engender.
COMPREHENSION
1. Complete the following table with the events that correspond with the
dates given below.
Date |
Event |
A.
1973 |
……………………………………………………………………………………….. |
B.
1984 |
……………………………………………………………………………………….. |
C.
1993 |
……………………………………………………………………………………….. |
D.
2011 |
……………………………………………………………………………………….. |
2. One of the statements below did not appear in the text. Read the
statements carefully and cross out (x) the idea not mentioned.
r Friendship Ambassadors Foundation,
Inc was founded by Fulbright Scholar Harry Morgan
r FAF has facilitated international travel
and exchange programs as an independent foundation since 1973
r In the 1990’s, the Foundation was in the
forefront of youth reconciliation efforts during the Balkan Wars.
r Patrick Sciarratta
was invited by King Mohammed VI.
r Patrick Sciarratta
was invited to the Arab League Youth Leadership Workshop in
r FAF is the first organization in
US.
r Since 1993, the organization has
been led under the consistent direction of Patrick Sciarratta
as Executive Director.
3. Answer the following questions in your own words as far as possible.
a. What is FAF’s mission?
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………........................……………………
b. What are some of FAF’s
achievements?
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………........................……………………
c. Why
was Patrick Sciarratta
invited by King Mohammed VI?
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………........................……………………
d. Who were some of FAF’s
programme’s famous participants?
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d. What does FAF stand for?
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………........................……………………
4. Match the following words with their definitions
Word |
|
Definition |
A. Foundation |
1) when you give something to someone and
they give you something else. |
|
B. Affiliation |
2) to satisfy; to make happy. |
|
C. Exchange |
3) an organization that has been
established in order to provide money for a particular group of people in
need of help or for a particular type of study. |
|
D.
Reconciliation |
4) a connection with a larger
organization. |
|
E.
Fulfill |
5) existing or happening in all parts of the
world. |
|
F.
Worldwide |
6) when two people or groups of people
become friendly again after they have argued. |
5. What do the underlined words in the text refer to?
a. It (paragraph 1) :…………………….……………
b. It (paragraph 2) :…………………….……………
c. He (paragraph 3) :…………………….……………