Peak-Bound Podcast

30/04/2024

Take a moment to acknowledge and appreciate all the hardworking people who make every day count. Happy Labour Day!

18/11/2023

🎉🎉🎉 We officially released our 1st EPISODE!! 🎉🎉🎉

We encourage you to head on to the link on our bio to listen to the podcast on Spotify/YouTube.

Introducing Joseph Lambe's episode titled, "I wish I was less shy when building my career". In this episode, we have the pleasure of welcoming Joseph Lambe, a YES alumni from Cameroon who wears many hats. He is the President of the Cameroon YES Alumni Association (CYAA) and the Secretary of the U.S. Exchange Programs Alumni Network in Cameroon & holds a Master's degree in Digital Law.

Joseph's remarkable global citizen journey began when he spent a year abroad as an exchange student in Eden, New York, an experience that ignited his leadership skills, and passion for creating positive change in his home community. With a proven track record of implementing grant projects and impacting the lives of hundreds in his community, Joseph is a dedicated change-maker and remarkable human being.

We hope you enjoy listening to his thrilling experience from his exchange year, through his career journey to a remarkable project he recently organized to train young girls in public speaking.

To our viewers & listeners, thank you for tuning in. We hope you will enjoy this episode and encourage you to like, share, and subscribe so you don't miss upcoming releases. We have an amazing lineup of guests who's stories we hope to share with you.




Disclaimer:

Support for this project was provided in part by the YES Alumni Grants program, which is funded by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) and administered by the American Councils for International Education. The opinions supported herein are the organizer's own and do not necessarily represent the views of either ECA or the American Councils for International Education.

18/11/2023

Your hosts, Amina Suleiman and Awah Kenneth Fru share their WHY in this introduction video.

We share the answers to the questions:

- Why we decided to embark on this podcasting journey
- Why is this particular conversation important to us as young professionals

🎉🎉🎉 Our official season 1, episode 1 just launched 🎉🎉🎉

We encourage you to head on to the link on our bio to listen to the podcast on Spotify.

To our viewers and listeners, thank you for tuning in. We hope you will enjoy our future episodes and encourage you to like, share, and subscribe so you don't miss future content.

Glad to have you on this journey with us 🥳




Disclaimer:

Support for this project was provided in part by the YES Alumni Grants program, which is funded by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) and administered by the American Councils for International Education. The opinions supported herein are the organizer's own and do not necessarily represent the views of either ECA or the American Councils for International Education.

14/11/2023

https://www.yesprograms.org/stories/2023-yes-voices-final-podcasts

The Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange & Study (YES) Program provides scholarships for secondary school students from countries with significant Muslim populations to spend up to one academic year in the United States and to U.S. citizens attending high school to spend up to one academic year in select co...

14/11/2023

Meet your hosts!

Amina Suleiman from 🇰🇪 & Kenneth Awah from 🇨🇲


Amina Suleiman graduated with a Bachelor's in IT, and has worked in various fields, from real estate management to Healthcare IT Operations & as a Program Support Specialist. She is also a YES program alumna from Kenya. Amina led two impactful YES Alumni grant projects: "Technology for Deaf Youth," an introduction to coding for 27 Deaf kids in Mombasa, and "The Next Steps Project," a career prep program benefitting over 500 high school students in rural Kwale County, Kenya.



Awah Kenneth Fru is a Software Engineer turned Technical Sales professional from Cameroon, currently working for a data center infrastructure distribution company. A YES program alumnus, Awah's commitment to community projects shines through, notably with the "Paper Bag Project" where he trained over 20 youths in making biodegradable paper bags from plantain stems. Over the years, he has orchestrated more than ten projects centered around project management, public speaking skill development, and volunteerism.



We welcome you to join us on the Peak Bound Podcast 🥳🥳🥳

14/11/2023

Exciting News!!

Welcome to the launch of the Peak-Bound Podcast! Amina and Awah, your hosts, attended the 2023 YES Voices Podcasting Workshop, the birthplace of this podcast. This workshop became the catalyst for learning how to use podcasting as a tool for effective storytelling.

The podcast's initial concept was to spotlight young African professionals building careers in tech. However, each person's story, irrespective of field or location, holds valuable insights and experiences, that can inspire any young aspiring professionals. The podcast has since then transformed into a platform for storytelling of early career experiences from the perspective of young professionals.

📆 Save the Date: Our first episode goes live on Saturday, November 18th, 2023
🔔 Watch the interview video on YouTube and listen on Spotify
📱 Follow Us on Facebook/Twitter/Instagram to get notified once our first episode is released.

Our gratitude to the US Department of State, Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs, for sponsoring this podcast. Special thanks to the Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study (YES) Program, Amideast & iearn-usa - International Education and Resource Network for organizing the 2023 YES Voices Podcasting Workshop. A huge shoutout to Allison and Trauman from StoryCenter for helping us embark on our podcasting journey.

To our viewers & listeners, thank you for tuning in. We hope you will enjoy our future episodes and we encourage you to like, share, and subscribe to our future content.

Disclaimer:
Support for this project was provided in part by the YES Alumni Grants program, which is funded by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) and administered by the American Councils for International Education. The opinions supported herein are the organizer's own and do not necessarily represent the views of either ECA or the American Councils for International Education.