YES Alumni MalaysiaYES Alumni Malaysia is an alumni association consisting of returnees upon the completion of the YES Program.
YES Programs aka Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study (YES) Program is a program that is funded by the US Department of State and sponsored by the Bureau of Educational & Cultural Affairs (ECA). Scholarships are provided for high school students (15-17 years old) from countries with significant Muslim populations to spend up to one academic year in the US.
As an alumni association, we organize, participate and volunteer at AFS and YES camps. Apart from that, we also organize and participate in community service projects as we believe in doing good and giving back to our local communities across Malaysia.
By Karen Lee Myn Hui (YES 19) Note: This article is the last of a three-part series. The author is currently a YTL Scholar studying Human, Social, and Political Sciences at the University of Cambridge. She credits the YES Program as playing a pivotal role in her current achievements today. June 2023, Cambridge. My friends […]
By Harini (YES’24) Dreams, it’s always perceived as something so far away, out of reach. I choose to believe otherwise because here I am living my wildest dreams. Words by themselves are not adequate to fully describe my experience here but through my words I hope to share a gist of life 15, 061 km […]
By Nuthanna (YES’24) On the 12th of February, I celebrated Chinese New Year with my host family in Colorado, US. I wanted to give them a very memorable celebration and experience a little bit of Malaysia. I decorated the house in red, hung paper lanterns and even cooked them Malaysian dishes. I wanted to introduce […]
Meet Siyan! A 2007 alumnus, Siyan is now working as a Business Development & Partnership Manager at Shell Malaysia! Here’s what she has shared with us in this spotlight! Tell us more about your career as a Business Development & Partnership Manager at Shell Malaysia. Professionally, I have 10 years of working experience in an […]
By Karen Lee Myn Hui (YES 19) Note: This article is the second of a three-part series and was originally published in Penang Free School’s 2020 Yearbook. The author is currently a YTL Scholar studying Human, Social, and Political Sciences at the University of Cambridge. She credits the YES Program as playing a pivotal role […]
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