Develop active global citizens
AFS volunteers, alumni and staff leverage their intercultural skills and strategic partnerships to help the world learn to live together. AFS global citizens of all ages achieve impact in many…
Author: AFS Intercultural Programs
AFS presents at the New Zealand International Conference and Expo
AFS Intercultural Programs has been invited by Education New Zealand, a government agency, to become an official content partner for the New Zealand International Education Conference and Expo (NZIEC), an…
Bringing Refugees and Their Adopted Communities Together Through Intercultural Learning
For refugee students and the communities they are moving into, intercultural understanding and integration are critical. Over the past 70+ years, AFS Intercultural Programs has helped people from different cultures…
Austrian AFS volunteers support refugees for more than forty years
AFSers in Austria are helping refugees all over the world under the umbrella of the AFS Refuge Aid Foundation (by Markus E. Langer) Global awareness through AFS also often leads…
Belgian AFS volunteers set up a buddy project with the local refugee center
My name is Eliah Peeters and after studying abroad in Finland with AFS (2010-2011) I became a volunteer with the local chapter of North Antwerp in Belgium. Now, after a…
Five plenary sessions to make global competence an international priority
What does it really take to “learn to live together” in a just and peaceful world? AFS Intercultural Programs, in partnership with leading global education advocates, is convening a first-of-its-kind…
Championing the culture of giving in Dominican Republic
AFS Dominican Republic welcomed a group of 54 global leaders from 36 countries at the annual #GivingTuesday Global Summit. #GivingTuesday (this year on 27 November) is an international movement that…
Schools need better resources to foster global competence, AFS forum in Panama concludes
AFS organizations from 11 Latin American countries convened the third regional education forum which gathered more than 130 participants, including teachers, international experts and educational authorities, civil society and voluntary…
Critical thinking is crucial for global citizens, AFS Egypt seminar concludes
by Sherifa Fayez, AFS Egypt “The Role of Global Citizens in Nation Building” was the theme AFS Egypt seminar attended by 65 participants on 5 May. The seminar featured a…