We Develop Active Global Citizens
AFS programs empower young people from all backgrounds with essential global skills—and the passion for making a difference.
About AFSWe deliver mission-driven impact three ways
Globalize schools and institutions with tools and programs
Expand access to intercultural education with scholarships and outreach
AFS Global You™ Adventurer
Introducing a New, 100% Online, Totally Global Program for Teens
Explore our new all virtual peer-learning program, for young people anywhere in the world to develop crucial 21st century skills like increasing flexibility, coping with challenges, building empathy and more. Participants will receive the award-winning AFS Global Competence Certificate, plus, they’ll be eligible for a discount on future study abroad programs with AFS. AFS Global You Adventurer, enables young people to become Active Global Citizens.
Enrollments are open now for the next AFS Global You Adventures to start on October 13 and November 3. Partial scholarship applications are also available.
Join us at the AFS Global Conference
The virtual AFS Global Conference will host the worldwide launch of the results of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) Global Competence Assessment and explore their implications for students, educators, policymakers and other education stakeholders (22-23 October 2020).
THE CONFERENCE IS ORGANIZED BY AFS INTERCULTURAL PROGRAMS IN COLLABORATION WITH THE ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT (OECD)
Our Global Presence
Alumni
Scholarships
Study Abroad Participants
School Alliances
Volunteers
Host Families
Help us create change!
“Broadening the perspectives of our next generation of leaders and empowering them to communicate, negotiate and collaborate across differences is mission critical if we want to combat the rising tide of intolerance we see everywhere.”
— DANIEL OBST, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF AFS INTERCULTURAL PROGRAMS
Connect with our global community—1 million strong
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How to Foster Global Competence Online: A Facilitator’s Perspective
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Young Global Citizen Expands Impact Thanks to AFS Prize
Luisa Fernanda Romero Munoz, co-founder of Get Up And Go Colombia, was awarded the first-ever 2019 AFS Prize for Young Global Citizens for advancing peacebuilding in her home country by…
