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Alumni Small Grants Alumni Success Story

Boy Scout Camp Instills Spirit of Community Service in Students of Lakki Marwat

By Hira Nafees Shah When Asif Salam went on his Global UGrad exchange experience, he encountered a novel idea for the first time —community service. Organized volunteer opportunities in Salam’s home ...

PUAN EDITOR

September 5, 2014

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Alumni Small Grants Alumni Success Story

Fulbright Alumna Empowers Needy Women in Ghazi

By Hira Nafees Shah Shakeela Begum’s daughter had not even been born when her husband left the world. What followed were 10 years of incredible hardship, as she was forced to ...

PUAN EDITOR

August 31, 2014

8 min read

First Person

First Person: English Language Study Transformed Me

By Haris, English Access Program Alumnus from Karachi This is Haris, an English Access Karachi Alumnus of the 2010-2012 program. I live in an area of Karachi where there is a ...

PUAN EDITOR

July 18, 2014

9 min read

First Person

First Person: Kumail the Community Leader

By Kumail, English Access Program Alumnus from Karachi Today I am going to let you know why I am known as a social worker in my locality. In fact, most people ...

PUAN EDITOR

July 14, 2014

8 min read

Regional Cooperation Reunions

International YES Reunion Develops Activism Skills of Young Alumni

By Hira Nafees Shah When Airokhsh Faiz arrived in Islamabad June 26 with her fellow Afghani alumni, she didn’t know quite what to expect. But setting aside her busy university and ...

PUAN EDITOR

July 4, 2014

17 min read

First Person

First Person: My U.S. Exchange Experience

By Moiz Rehan, 2012 Youth Exchange & Study (YES) alumnus Reprinted with permission from Khabr-o-Nazar magazine, April-May 2014 issue My name is Moiz Rehan and I went to the U.S. under ...

PUAN EDITOR

June 5, 2014

7 min read

Alumni Small Grants

Conflict Resolution Workshop Gives FATA Residents Peaceful Alternative for Resolving Disputes

By Hira Nafees Shah With anguish in his voice, Adnan Rehman narrates his story. It is a tale of heartbreak and loss, in which three generations of the same bloodline were ...

Puan Editor

February 28, 2014

10 min read

Reunions

Global UGrad Reunion Channels Alumni Enthusiasm for Community Service

A blood donation drive with the Red Crescent Society. A park cleanup and art workshop at Fatima Jinnah Park with local school kids from Mashal Model School. An outreach trip to ...

PUAN EDITOR

December 20, 2013

9 min read