AFS also recognizes other outstanding individuals and organizations for advancing intercultural understanding October 31, 2019 — Luisa Fernanda Romero Munoz, co-founder of Get Up And Go Colombia, was awarded…
AFS continues to find new ways to transform short exchange programs into content rich learning labs for young active global citizens. These programs are designed to support Generation Z’s passion…
Grant funding also supports opening a permanent AFS organization in Greece The Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) has awarded a $525,000 grant to AFS Intercultural Programs to launch the Global Citizen Scholarship Program for…
Download the full press release STUDENTS ACHIEVED ASTONISHING 13.54 GAINS IN IDI POINTS A new study from Purdue University confirmed that students who participated in the AFS Global Competence Certificate…
AFS One Classroom Initiative conducted virtual exchanges of schools in China with schools in Brazil and Czech Republic throughout June. Eighty students and teachers participated in meaningful cross-border classroom-to-classroom dialoguediscussing…
The 2019 NAFSA Annual Conference & Expo gathered 10,000 international educators this May in Washington D.C., USA. The event was convened under the theme, “Global Leadership, Learning, and Change,” and…
“Developing real solutions to the world’s interlinked problems—to our problems—depends on everyone working together at some fundamental levels. Given these interlinkages, intercultural learning and global competence education cannot only be…
AFS Kenya will provide an intercultural learning and peace education program in 50 Kenyan high schools. This May, the National Cohesion and Integration Commission represented by Hassan Mohamed, and AFS…
Over the past five years, AFS has joined forces with local schools, universities, NGOs and government ministries to highlight the importance of global competence education for young people from all…