My Falls Break
By Vashita Darji, YES’2019-20 From Anand “I am Vashita Darji exchange student to Sedona, Arizona from India. So this week was the falls break in my host school. So my…
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An Experience That Will Stay With You Today And Beyond
By Kaivalya Tetali, YES 2006 Alumni “I left for my YES Program in August 2006 with wonderful feeling of enthusiasm and delight of being selected by the YES program. My…
The Most Memorable Birthday of My Life!
By Jiya Bahar | YES’2019-20 From Guwahati “It’s been more than a month in the United States now, and it still feels so surreal. Its still hard to believe that…
Volunteer – “It Has So Much To Offer”
By Yashodhan Shende | YES’12 Alumni from Pune “When I returned back in 2013 from my YES exchange year, I had no idea how much experience and skills I was…
Once You Have Been On An Exchange, You Don’t Stop Being A Global Citizen
By Parita Patel | YES’15 Alumni from Anand “My exchange year has helped me in ways I never even imagined it would. Even now, 3 years after my exchange year,…
YES Gateway Orientation 2019-20
Funded by the U.S. Department of State AFS-India organized the Gateway orientation for the 40 students of the Kennedy-Lugar YES Batch 2019-20 from 3rd August to 5th August 2019 in…
“It is never a bad day to do a good deed”
By Vyom Raisurana, Alumni, YES’10 “It’s hard to really say or share my ‘impact’ and talk about the YES program or AFS’s engagement at large in my life. It’s like…
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…
A Journey of Change
By Forum Sunil Bhatt, YES ’16 Alumni from Gandhinagar hosted in USA I packed a lot because the place I was leaving for next month was too new to me.…