Last month, one of our journalist alums Waqas Rafique (IVLP 2012), correspondent for Capital TV, reported LIVE from the Sept. 27 Reunion of our Islamabad-Rawalpindi Chapter. Thanks Waqas, for a great story!
More than 600 U.S. exchange alumni reunited in Islamabad September 27 to further strengthen U.S.-Pakistan ties and to network with U.S. Embassy staff, and each other. Organized by the Islamabad-Rawalpindi Chapter of the Pakistan-U.S. Alumni Network (PUAN), this third-annual reunion is PUAN’s biggest event of the year. Recently returned alumni ...
YES alumni conducted a two-day medical camp September 28-29 in Karachi that delivered free medical services to more than 1,200 patients. The alumni organized the camp in collaboration with The Essa Lab to assist underprivileged people who don’t have access to quality healthcare. The the camp, they received free diabetes ...
Three Pakistani alumni of IVLP, YES, and the Professional Journalists Exchange programs participated in the “South Asia Summit on Social Media for Digital Empowerment” in New Delhi September 19-20. At the conference, they shared their perspectives on digital storytelling, engaging youth through social media, and the changing environment for journalists ...
Alumni from the Islamabad-Rawalpindi chapter of the Pakistan-U.S. Alumni Network (PUAN) launched the “Paint for Peace” community engagement project on August 24 in Fatimah Jinnah Park. More than 100 alumni and local artists participated in three painting sessions that culminated in an art exhibit September 12. Gulnaz Sheikh, a 2013 ...
On August 29, Karachi Consul General Michael Dodman awarded certificates of completion to 30 graduates of the alumni grant project “Nurse Aid Initiative,” implemented in partnership with Karachi’s Koohi Goth Hospital. The program delivered intensive training in nursing skills. Participating women are now qualified for jobs as nurse assistants–a job ...
On August 21, participants in this year’s U.S.-Pakistan Disability Leadership Exchange Program took time to share their experiences and lessons learned for the empowerment of people with disabilities throughout Pakistan. International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) alumnus Muhammad Atif created the exchange in partnership with Mobility International, an organization he first ...
During a traditional iftar at Fatima Jinnah Women University, U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry discussed education and the importance of exchange programs with students and faculty, including exchange alumnae. Secretary Kerry heard from the students and alumni about their experiences with U.S.-sponsored exchange and development programs to advance ...
Ten female Pakistani hockey players and two female coaches have returned from their June 2013 U.S. State Department-sponsored exchange “Empowering Women and Girls through Sports Initiative.” The program aims to increase the number of women and girls involved in sports and builds on the U.S. global commitment to advance the rights ...
The summer, U.S. Embassy Islamabad and the Pakistan-U.S. Alumni Network (PUAN) expanded the Alumni Mentorship Program nationwide. Forty young alumni of the YES, Global UGrad, and SUSI programs began summer internships, hosted by their senior alumni mentors from the IVLP and Fulbright programs. Mentors are providing career guidance and supervise ...
