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…
Global Citizenship
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…
Thank you to our amazing AFS volunteers!
Dear AFS Volunteers and AFS Organization Development Teams, AFS volunteers are critical to educating and empowering people of all ages…
3 skills you learn while volunteering that will help you thrive in the workplace
Volunteering is rewarding in and of itself. It is an opportunity to benefit communities and individuals, to create positive change…
5 things to know about study abroad today
Study abroad is an important and life-changing experience that broadens people’s horizons and helps them develop skills needed to function…
Helping the World Learn to Live Together
Intercultural understanding is a powerful and productive tool for building a more just and peaceful world. At AFS, we are…
What parenting teaches us about intercultural learning
Globalization of migration flows, shifting ideas about ethnicity and race, and intimate relations across ethnic boundaries mean that more and…
Every encounter is an intercultural experience: Linking social justice and intercultural communication
When I attended the Summer Institute for Intercultural Communication (SIIC) I was excited to meet likeminded people from all over the world and…
AFS awarded for humanitarian work and intercultural programs
AFS Intercultural Programs has been honored by the 2016 Franco-American Award of Blérancourt for our humanitarian efforts during World Wars…