Create Empathy and Understanding for Refugees by Using Student Videos
When used in classrooms, workshops and other educational settings, videos are a great tool to spark discussions and raise awareness…
Intercultural Learning
Bringing Refugees and Their Adopted Communities Together Through Intercultural Learning
For refugee students and the communities they are moving into, intercultural understanding and integration are critical. Over the past 70+…
Austrian AFS volunteers support refugees for more than forty years
AFSers in Austria are helping refugees all over the world under the umbrella of the AFS Refuge Aid Foundation (by…
Belgian AFS volunteers set up a buddy project with the local refugee center
My name is Eliah Peeters and after studying abroad in Finland with AFS (2010-2011) I became a volunteer with the…
Five plenary sessions to make global competence an international priority
What does it really take to “learn to live together” in a just and peaceful world? AFS Intercultural Programs, in…
Does your school help your students grow up global-ready?
Introducing the AFS Global Competence Readiness Index for Schools by Melissa Liles, Chief Global Engagement Officer, AFS Intercultural Programs …
New Tool to Support Global Competence Development in Schools
Pilot study finds that despite national mandates to develop global competence skills in students, schools are not prepared to meet…
Emotional intelligence is the basis for global competence
Together with a number of content partners, AFS is convening the AFS Global Conference under the topic “Global Competence: Our…
How to inspire curiosity for intercultural learning?
Let’s set the scene. You are an intercultural trainer and you’re standing in front of a packed room filled with…
Domestic Exchange Program: An initiative to celebrate 15th Anniversary of YES Programs
by Aadil Fahim, Manager of Communications, Branding and Volunteer Development at AFS Intercultural Programs India The Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange Program (YES) was founded…