Mask-ed to the Big Apple
2022 started off with a big bang for a group of 25 Malaysian students who were selected to participate in the Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange Study (YES) Program to the United…
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YES Alumni New Year Party 2022
By Hariiharahn P Rajendran (YES20) The YES Alumni New Year Party was the first event hosted by the YES committee for the year 2022 and it was an opportunity for…
Tech Up Think Tank Project
By Amalin Norman (YES Program 2018) YES Alumni Malaysia held a “Tech Up! Workshop”, a Think Tank project in collaboration with iCUBE International recently. The two-day workshop focused on giving…
Making Friends A Real Challenge By Sharon Thien
I was hosted in Hamburg, New York for my YES exchange and the biggest challenge for me was making friends in school. In Malaysia, we get to have the same…
The Path to a Lifelong Connection By Nurin Syahmina
I am a young enthusiastic girl that has travelled to Ohio, United States of America for six months in 2018 on a Kennedy Lugar –Youth Exchange Study Program. This brief…
Learning About Gratitude Through AFS – By Kezia Loh
As an exchange student to the United States under the Kennedy Lugar Youth and Exchange Program, I was hosted in a beautiful city call Baltimore located in the state of…
My Global Youth Service Day By Hikmat Zakaria
Here’s an article, written by Hikmat Zakaria, a Malaysian student who is currently on the YES Program. She was recently awarded the “100 hours community service award” and also “Public…
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Changemakers Social Entrepreneurship Workshop
Changemakers Social Entrepreneurship Workshop By: Lim Ke Shin For a week in March 2017, I attended a YES Alumni Social Entrepreneurship Workshop and ECA Conference in Westin, Alexandria, a packed…
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New Year Resolution: 5 resolutions to inspire you
This is a great time to start reflecting on this year’s achievements as well as the changes that happened throughout the year. What are your New Year resolutions for 2017?…