AFS Headquarters Move to a New Office with Familiar Mementos
by Andrea Kutsenkow, Archival Consultant, AFS Intercultural Programs The headquarters of AFS Intercultural Programs, which coordinates and leads the work…
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AFS and the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Deliver Impact with Intercultural Exchange Scholarships for Greek High School Students
For the third year in a row, AFS Intercultural Programs is proud to launch scholarship opportunities for Greek students to…
Connecting for Global Change at the 2021 Ideathon
How can we create sustainable solutions for a more just and peaceful world? The 2021 AFS Global Ideathon gathered 350…
Strengthening Virtual Exchange: AFS’s Research Results
The pandemic has catapulted the use of virtual education and exchange to the mainstream. But do virtual exchanges really work?…
New free resources for teachers to foster global competence
World Teachers’ Day, celebrated annually on October 5, is a perfect opportunity to thank teachers for their hard work, and…
AFS Exchanges Start for a New Generation of Students
More than 5,000 high school students from 50+ countries will have started their AFS exchange program by mid-October 2021. In…
Young People Prepared to Act for a Sustainable Future
What should the next Youth Assembly focus on to mobilize young people to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals…
Global Up Successfully Connects 1,000 Young People from New Zealand and Abroad
Global Up programs have empowered thousands of students, educators, and professionals across a variety of disciplines from around the world…
Reimagining the Future: Megatrends and the 2022 Youth Assembly
The United Nations identified five “megatrends” that will shape our world over the course of this century: climate change and…