AFS Intercultural Programs
AFS
Primary Navigation
  1. Exchange Programs
  2. Host an AFSer
  3. Volunteer
  4. Education
  5. Donate
Primary Navigation
  1. Exchange Programs
  2. Host an AFSer
  3. Volunteer
  4. Education
  5. Donate
I am looking for
  1. The Youth Assembly
  2. Global Up Offers
  3. Virtual Exchange
  4. AFS Global STEM Changemakers
  5. Training Programs for AFSers
  6. AFS Now Newsletter
  7. Take the AFS Host Family Survey
Other Resources
  1. About AFS
  2. Leadership
  3. Work with us
  4. Research
  5. AFS Archives
  6. News & blogs
  7. Events
  8. Careers
  9. Alumni
  10. Contact us
AFS Intercultural Programs
  1. AFRICA
    • Egypt
    • Ghana
    • Kenya
    • South Africa
    • Tunisia
  2. ASIA-PACIFIC
    • China
    • Hong Kong (CHN)
    • India
    • Indonesia
    • Japan
    • Malaysia
    • Mongolia
    • Philippines
    • Thailand
  3. EUROPE
    • Austria
    • Belgium-Flanders
    • Belgium-French
    • Bosnia & Herzegovina
    • Czech Republic
    • Denmark
    • Finland
    • France
    • Germany
    • Greece
    • Hungary
    • Iceland
    • Ireland
    • Italy
    • Latvia
    • Netherlands
    • Norway
    • Poland
    • Portugal
    • Russia
    • Serbia
    • Slovakia
    • Spain
    • Sweden
    • Switzerland
    • Turkey
    • United Kingdom
  4. LATIN AMERICA
    • Argentina
    • Bolivia
    • Brazil
    • Chile
    • Colombia
    • Costa Rica
    • Dominican Republic
    • Ecuador
    • Guatemala
    • Haiti
    • Honduras
    • Mexico
    • Panama
    • Paraguay
    • Peru
    • Uruguay
    • Venezuela
  5. NORTH AMERICA
    • Canada
    • United States
  6. OCEANIA
    • Australia
    • New Zealand
AFS Intercultural Programs

AFS Now

DSC00675_edit
Advocacy, Global Citizenship

Why Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Matter

By Daniel Obst, President & CEO of AFS Intercultural Programs (originally delivered as a speech at AFS Austria, October 2018) One of my favorite things about being the CEO of…

46521472_598961973855420_5692600845833601024_o
Advocacy, AFS Student, AFS Volunteer, Changemaking

European Teens Gather in France for a Peace Forum

by Noemie Pagan, Education and Intercultural Learning Coordinator, AFS France More than 180 students and teachers from over 40 countries gathered in Strasbourg, France, from 9 to 11 November at the…

DSC_0635-11
Advocacy, AFS Student, Global Citizenship

AFS Chile Partners with the Ministry of Education to Provide Scholarships to Underprivileged Students

Fifty outstanding students and five teachers from public schools in Chile received full scholarships to study English for four weeks in New Zealand. This November they set off to experience…

image1-21
AFS Volunteer, Changemaking, Intercultural Learning

Using Intercultural Learning Activities to Integrate Refugees in Swedish Communities

In 2015, Sweden received more refugees than any other EU country, except for Germany. Of the 163,000 refugees that arrived into Sweden (a country of 10 million people) that year,…

MG_9370
Education, Global Citizenship, Intercultural Learning, Publications

The new power skills: intercultural understanding, global competence and active global citizenship

Keynote Address by Daniel Obst, President and CEO, AFS Intercultural Programs at the AFS Regional Forum on Global Citizenship Education Global Citizenship Education and Global Citizenship: Developing Essential Competences for…

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • LinkedIn
  • TikTok
Secondary Navigation
  1. Exchange Programs
  2. Host an AFSer
  3. Volunteer
  4. Education
  5. Donate
Contact Us

To speak with an AFS Intercultural Programs Representative, call +1 212 209 0900
You can find us at 5 Hanover Square, Suite 1402, New York, New York, 10004

AFS Supports Global Goals

About AFS

AFS Intercultural Programs is an international, voluntary, non-governmental, non-profit organization that provides intercultural learning opportunities to help people develop the knowledge, skills and understanding needed to create a more just and peaceful world.

© AFS AFS Intercultural Programs 2023
Legal Navigation
  1. AFS Global Online Privacy Policy
  2. Terms of Use, Policies & Disclosure Statement