A farewell after almost two decades at AFS
After almost two decades at AFS leading cornerstone strategic initiatives to strengthen AFS as a future-ready education organization and, most recently, serving as the Executive Director of the AFS Center…
Announcement
New Study Abroad Scholarships for Greek High Schoolers
High schoolers from Greece can now apply to study abroad in one of 18 destinations across Europe, Asia, North America, and South America through AFS Intercultural Programs. Eight full scholarships…
Looking back, looking forward: AFS Global Leadership gathers for annual Network Meeting
This past Saturday, 145 leaders from 57 AFS Network Organizations gathered virtually for the 2020 AFS Network Meeting. The gathering celebrated the strength of our global AFS community in the…
AFS Announces Two New Board Members: Regina Honu and Helmut Schuster
AFS Intercultural Programs welcomes two new members to the Board of Trustees: Regina Honu, social entrepreneur from Ghana, and Helmut Schuster, business consultant based in the UK. They will serve…
Young Global Citizen from Bangladesh Wins 2020 AFS Prize
Shah Chowdhury from Bangladesh with the Project Trishna won the annual AFS Prize for Young Global Citizens for empowering communities through safe water access and ensuring safe water as a basic…
AFS Resumes 2020 Study Abroad Programs
While the Covid-19 pandemic continues to make a profound impact on all aspects of life around the world, AFS is excited to announce that our 2020 study abroad programs are…
AFS Hackathon for Ideas Generates Solutions to Global Challenges
More than 300 people from 70 countries participated in the AFS Global Ideathon (4-6 September) to work collaboratively on innovative ideas for addressing global challenges. Envisaged as a hackathon for…
Empowering Teachers to Develop Global Citizenship among High School Students
150 teachers and close to 4,000 high school students will participate in the new AFS Effect+ for the Classroom program delivered by AFS Intercultural Programs and its national organizations in…
Richard M. Hunt, 1926-2020: AFS Volunteer, Historian and Philanthropist
“I like to think that the AFS intercultural education experience works in this way to make thousands of young people around the world become better and more understanding human beings,…