Stand with AFS – we are One Welcoming World
Now more than ever, AFS commits to a vision of warmth and welcome for international students. Our One Welcoming World…
Global Citizenship
Overcoming the silence on religions and intercultural dialogue
In this article, you will read about: Best practices and steps to take to overcome hurdles in interfaith dialogue What…
First impressions from my study abroad experience: awesome and weird in so many peculiar ways
This post was written by Ambani Makuya, an AFS student from South Africa on exchange in the Philippines. Ambani is one…
Benefits of an Intercultural Classroom
In this article you will read about why intercultural learning is a vital 21st century learning tool for school communities.…
How to integrate intercultural learning into your classroom
In this article, you will find out: Why researchers consider global competence to be a crucial 21st century skill for…
New test to assess global competence of teenagers worldwide
In this article, you will learn: How the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development defines global competence, How global competence…
AFS’s Global Competence Certificate becomes available to participants of Languages Canada programs
AFS Intercultural Programs is proud to announce a new partnership between Sentio, Global Education Network, an AFS subsidiary, that provides…
AFS Convenes Asia-Pacific International Global Citizenship Education Forum on Employability
NEW YORK, N.Y. (February 28, 2017) – AFS Intercultural Programs and the AFS Asia-Pacific Initiative (AAI) with the support of…
AFS Intercultural Programs Advocates for More Global Exchanges and Intercultural Learning
AFS Intercultural Programs, a global network of 60 member organizations with nearly 50,000 volunteers and programs in 99 countries, is…
The importance of reciprocating volunteer efforts
Marcel Mauss, a French sociologist, wrote an essay in 1925 titled The Gift, which analyzed the role that exchange plays…