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Welcome YES Malaysia 2018!

Yes Pizza Party @ Embassy

Thirty-nine YES students from Malaysia just arrived in their host communities this week to begin their semester in the USA! Before departing Malaysia, they attended an orientation led by YES alumni and a pizza party sponsored by the US Embassy in Kuala Lumpur.


Upon arriving in New York City, they attended an arrival orientation designed to help them adjust to US school, family and community life.  Two YES alumni -- one an American YES Abroad to Malaysia alumna and one a YES alumna from Malaysia, helped facilitate sessions on American high schools and the importance of sharing program impact stories. But what definitely had the students most excited was seeing their first ever snowfall!

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Students enjoying their first snowfall

Soo Xuan wrote, “We got to know the alumni and gained important information before I departed to my host community. It is really exciting to deepen our knowledge of American life. There's no good or bad, just different. Everything was so good when I reached Chicago, Illinois yesterday. My host parents greeted me with balloons and I got to taste dishes such as chicken tenders. I'm on cloud nine and I can’t wait to make more memories.”

Welcome to the USA!

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