Annastazia Rutatina (YES alumna 2007-2008, Tanzania, hosted by IRIS in Pella, IA) recently wrote in to us to share what she misses most...

Although the weather is freezing and bleak, the warmth for Iowa continues to burn in the hearts of our Youth Exchange & Study students....

Over the weekend of February 3rd, 2018, The Stanley Foundation hosted its 22nd Iowa Student Global Leadership Conference in Des Moines,...

We are excited to welcome two new outstanding members to the IRIS board – Marina Reasoner and Vani Meher Bojja! Marina Reasoner Reasoner...

Faith Aruwan (YES alumna 2012-2013, Nigeria, hosted by American Councils in Cedar Falls, IA) first came to Iowa as an exchange student....

Ruth (current YES student, Ghana, hosted by IRIS) has been a wonderful student ambassador for her home country of Ghana since she...

Tanzania’s mountainous terrain can sometimes make it difficult for people to travel, especially Youth Exchange and Study (YES) alumni who...

It can be difficult for people to consider opening their homes to strangers, especially when the stranger is from another country....

Learning about another country and its culture in high school isn’t something regularly in the curriculum. Even after high school,...

Ibrahim Ezekiel is the current president of the YES Alumni Association of Nigeria (YAAN). His efforts, alongside other alumni members,...