Where do you find your inspiration? What does it turn into? For two of our YES students, their inspiration comes from people and...

As a part of each student’s year abroad, the student must complete some sort of volunteer service. Naufal, one of our YES students this...

IRIS thanks all of our host families past and present for giving our YES students the opportunity of a year abroad. Your generosity and...

Youth Exchange and Study (YES) alumni all across the globe continue efforts to improve their communities and their countries. From...

Our Youth Exchange and Study (YES) students are all uniquely talented. These traits are what make them stick out among the crowd and...

As YES alumni return to their home countries every year, they continue efforts in helping resolve issues within their field of interest....

In late August, the Tanzania YES Alumni Association (TAYAA) held its second annual general meeting. This brought many new and exciting...

While the picture isn’t the best quality, anyone can see that IRIS Executive Director, Del Christensen (center), was all smiles as he...

Studying abroad, many foreign exchange students may be celebrating their culture’s holidays and traditions for the first time away from...

As schools across the country got back into the swing of things this week, our 2017-18 YES participants swung at a new target: school in...