In April, several YES Malaysia alumni organized their second concert for volunteerism, Sounds Good 2.0, in collaboration with the YES program and the U.S. Embassy, KL. It was a free-to-attend concert that promoted local musical acts and volunteerism at the same time! As part of SoundsGood’s promise for a concert with an impact, YES Alumni Malaysia collaborated with the SoundsGood team to implement a follow-up community service project in the months following the concert.

The community service project was called Leaders of Tomorrow. This leadership camp, held at Sekolah Menengah Agama Rompin (Rompin Islamic High School) in Pahang, involved close to 100 students in Forms 1-3. Many of the students were also part of the US Embassy's English Access Microscholarship program for English language learners. Ten YES alumni volunteered to facilitate the camp.

After the weekend-long leadership camp, alumni asked participants to submit their reflections and feedback:

Ahmad Razin wrote, "The most meaningful lesson I ever learned is that we need to be brave in front of others. Some of us will be underestimated and made fun of if we make mistakes. Now, I realize that people need mistakes in order to change. One of the volunteers said that ‘if you never fail, you never try something new’... I will use all the things that I have learned here for the rest of my life, and I will never forget the confidence I have gained from this camp."

"The purpose of writing this essay is actually to let all of you know that this camp was really helpful and it made a big impact on me and my friends. Through this camp, I could see some of my friends, especially the ones who are known for being shy, become confident enough to speak in front of everyone and to give ideas to their teams. The volunteers greatly inspired me to be like them. They also showed good teamwork, especially since they come from different races and religions. I just want to thank all of the volunteers for guiding us in those three wonderful days. A leader does not mean to be a president or prime minister, but to be a good person with people around you and to do good deeds."

Nik Nur Sharifudin wrote, "I always had low confidence growing up, but now I am a new me. I can describe myself as being BRAVE! I know the only thing that changed me was this program: Leaders of Tomorrow.

I had one weakness in life that I could not overcome: the fear of public speaking. I was scared to speak up and to share my opinion. This program really helped me and my friends. This program also taught me a lot of things through doing simple activities.

I never gained such skills in other leadership programs. I was not close with the participants in my group before, but all of the activities we did together made me feel like we were siblings. I just talked, smiled, discussed, joked, laughed, and even ran with them.

I also learned to accept others' opinions. I heard all of their ideas and I found it was really awesome. They were really great. Not just that, I learned to work together to fix mistakes so that we could be a better team."