Ori Ogbu (YES Alumna 2013-2014) decided to host an Interfaith and Intercultural Workshop in her community of Benue State, Nigeria after experiencing the diversity in
Daniel Ishaya (YES alumnus 2009-2010) was the project leader for the Rehabilitation of Boreholes Project in the Gombe State of Nigeria. The project began in
Fares Amer (YES alumnus 2013-2014, Jordan) was accepted to the International Writing Program. The program is offered through the University of Iowa Writer’s Workshop with funding
Hudhaifat Hamdan, a 2014-2015 YES alumna (Lake Stevens, Washington) and recipient of a 2016 Global Grant, has used her advantage as an exchange alumna to
[huge_it_gallery id=”4″] Each year IRIS and the YES Program host dozens of exchange students from across the globe. One country with consistent showing is Tanzania.
IRIS alumni across Nigeria organized volunteer activities in honor of Global Youth Service Day (GYSD).
YES alumni and current Manchester University student Nerad Mangai was killed in a car crash in Indiana.
The YES program is hosting an interfaith conference and encourages attendees to create interfaith activities within their communities. IRIS supports the World Interfaith Harmony Week and encourages everyone to create meaningful dialogue within their communities about the similarities of religious differences.
The month of July proved to be a fruitful one for the Nigerian YES alumni chapter of Benué. From awareness talks to helping the needy; the
Late last month, the YES alumni chapter in Iringa, Tanzania successfully conducted a cleanup project at a Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO) local hospital. YES ’11’s
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