Ms. Farah Kamal surprised us all by inviting a very special surprise guest to assist her in her Pakistan alumni presentation Mr. Syed Mehdi- a participant in the first year of the Pakistan YES Program. It was an honor to hear about his achievements since being on program; including starting the YES Pakistan Alumni Program itself and building wells to bring clean water to underdeveloped areas of the country; just to name a few.
Recently; the Pakistan Alumni Program celebrated its' 10 Year Anniversary and to celebrate Farah, along with officers in the program wrote a resource book; "Reach Out", that also highlighted the past 10 years of the incredible projects the YES Alumni of Pakistan have accomplished. At the end of their presentation, Farah and Syed presented Curt and World Link with a dedicated copy of this book.
Hearing about all the amazing stories alumni of the YES and FLEX Programs was a truly invigorating and inspiring way to end this section of our program and we are all looking forward to hearing more first hand accounts of how exchange programs change the lives of not only our students, but their communities and countries around them.