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. Virtual programs
  2. AFS response to COVID-19
  3. Training programs for AFSers
  4. AFS Archives
  5. The Youth Assembly
Other Resources
  1. About AFS
  2. Leadership
  3. Work with us
  4. Alumni
  5. Research
  6. News & blogs
    • AFS Now newsletter
  7. 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

Ambani Makuya

18193073_10154551970635509_4846253185214766779_o
AFS scholars, AFS Student, AFS Volunteer, Changemaking, Global Citizenship, Intercultural Learning

Small efforts can make big changes

This post was written by Ambani Makuya, an AFS student from South Africa on exchange in the Philippines. Ambani is…

17903604_1044127919065247_1446231891219741185_n
AFS scholars, AFS Student, Global Citizenship, Intercultural Learning

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…

  • 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 200, 2nd floor, 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 2026
Legal Navigation
  1. AFS Global Online Privacy Policy
  2. Terms of Use & Policies