Connect Diverse Cultures

PTP connects people of diverse countries and cultures, and facilitates the building of long term meaningful relationships. We create friendships and partnerships to sustain a more peaceful world.

Foster Understanding

Participation knows no boundaries as members and friends work together to foster cross-cultural understanding in order to be an active force in removing barriers and opening lines of communication.

Mission Statement: The purpose of People to People is to enhance international understanding and friendship through educational, cultural and humanitarian activities involving the exchange of ideas and experiences directly among peoples of different countries and diverse cultures.

The concept of People to People represented part of U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s lifelong crusade for peace. The result was the launching of “People to People” in October of 1961. This program of “personal diplomacy” emphasizes nongovernmental contacts between people.