Honoring Senator Lugar | YES Program Impact
YES Alumni across India initiate and successfully participate in an online discussion to honour Senator Lugar on 10th May 2019. The discourse of how impactful YES Program is in the…
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Domestic Exchange Program: Discovering Through Experience | An initiative to celebrate 15th Anniversary of YES Program
The Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange Program (YES) was founded with the understanding that there is a pressing need to empower the youth to become ambassadors of goodwill through establishing non-violent methods…
Presidents and Board Members Meeting 2018
Presidents and Board Members Meet took place in New Delhi from 11th to 13th February, 2018 where 14 Presidents and 9 Board Members came together to discuss strategies and plan…
The Exchange Program Effect by Aadil F.
“Those who have been on an exchange program will identify with the fact that when they return from their exchange program to their native country, they are bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.…
Positive Changes
By Fiza Vahora , Hosted in Utah (Photo Above: With Host Family) “It’s been almost one and a half month in US. It’s so much fun here meeting new people,…
Expect the Unexpected
By Pooja, Hosted in California “I feel extremely glad at this moment of time sharing my experiences with you. First of all, my heartiest thanks to AFS Intercultural Programs India…
Story of Manvi Chaudhury
This article was originally published HERE This 18-Year-Old Uttar Pradesh Girl Is The First Person In Her Village To Go Abroad To Study Manvi has been offered a full scholarship…
National YES Gateway Orientation 2017
The National YES Gateway Orientation of 2017-18 was conducted from 5th – 7th August 2017. The 36 selected participants arrived on 5th, which marked the beginning of the orientation. The…
Staying in Japan: Of Sakura Blossoms and Ohaiyos
By Mohd. Anfaz Kuthoo, Hosted in Japan “It has been almost three months since I left the stronghold of my hometown Srinagar, India to leave for Saitama Prefecture in Japan.…