AFS Intercultural Programs

December is the time to celebrate and honor volunteersand that is precisely what our latest newsletter does! Read more about the incredible achievements of AFS volunteers worldwide, and our other recent impact-driven initiatives in AFS Now. #AFSeffect #volunteer #newsletter

Meet the amazing winners of the 2020 AFS Volunteer Awards: Claudia Chiaperotti (Intercultura / AFS Italy), Hendrickx-Severijns family AFS Vlaanderen, Harold Stivens AFS Colombia, and Witko Tamm AFS Interkultur Sverige.... Thank you for your dedication to AFS! #AFSeffect #volunteers

Congrats to Shah Chowdhury with Project Trishna from Bangladesh on winning the 2020 AFS Prize for Young Global Citizen! Project Trishna is a social venture to empower communities (over 75,000 people so far!) through safe water access and ensure safe water as a basic right for all. Find out more about the AFS Prize: afs.org/prize.... #AFScon #AFSeffect #globalcitizens

We saw how prepared young people are to thrive in an interconnected world in the PISA Global Competence Assessment launched at the AFS Global Conference yesterday. Today we continue turning those insights into action with our 500+ registrants! Find out more at conference.afs.org #AFSon #AFSeffect #OECDPISA #StudentsThriveTogether OECD Education and Skills

This weekend 200+ volunteers from around the world gathered for a global meetupto connect with each other, exchange experiences and celebrate those with the most outstanding achievements. Volunteers truly define our organization and have been the core of AFS for more than 100 years. We are more than the sum of our parts when we work together as One AFS, said Daniel Obst, President & CEO of AFS Intercultural Programs as he welcomed the volunteers. Thank you all for your c...ommitment to AFS! #AFSeffect #volunteer #IVD2020

We are live! How can we educate young people to thrive in an interconnected world? Follow the livestream from the AFS Global Conference for the worldwide launch of the PISA Global Competence Assessment results. https://youtu.be/6tWJbTjYt_8 ... #AFScon #OECDPISA #StudentsThriveTogether #globalcompetence #education #livestreaming

What can we do to ensure young people thrive in an interconnected world? Join us tomorrow at the AFS Global Conference to exchange ideas, network and shape the future of education. https://youtu.be/akQCvg6rS6o Find out more at: conference.afs.org.... #AFScon #conference #livestreaming #education #OECDPISA OECD Education and Skills

Happy International Volunteer Day! We are thrilled to have celebrated this day with hundreds of our volunteers from around the world: you are truly amazing, and your efforts, commitment and dedication to the AFS mission of intercultural understanding are a true inspiration! Comment below if you joined us today for the Global Volunteer Meetup, and keep in touch! #afseffect #AFSvolunteer #AFSvolunteers #volunteer #IVD2020

More and more jobs require language skills, the ability to collaborate with others, building trust, and bridging across geographic, linguistic, and cultural differences. The virtual program AFS Global You Adventurer helps teens acquire these important skills to thrive in a globalized world. Find out more: https://afs.org/afs-global-you-adventurer/.... #AFSeffect #virtuallearning #onlineclasses #elearning

Global citizenship education can empower people to recover from crises and transform their communities into peaceful and sustainable societies, says Monika Froehler of the Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens. Monika will speak at the AFS Global Conference in just 3 days, will you be there? #AFScon #education #conference

AFS volunteers are global citizens whose efforts, commitment and dedication positively contribute to society. Thank you for championing our mission of intercultural understanding and for your unending enthusiasm. You are an inspiration! #AFSeffect #IVD2020 #volunteer

Do you know an amazing AFS volunteer who has spent decades advancing our mission? Or is there a young volunteer in your chapter who is going above and beyond in their commitment to AFS? Or maybe you know a whole family that embodies the AFS spirit? Let us know who they are, we want to reward them! Nominate an outstanding AFS volunteer by 19 October: afs.org/volunteer/awards. #AFSeffect #volunteer

Are you wondering who will be there at the AFS Global Conference next week? Meet the global experts and find out more about virtual roundtable discussions we'll be having following the worldwide launch of the PISA Global Competence Assessment results: https://mailchi.mp/afs/gc20-roundtables. #AFScon #education OECD Education and Skills

Congrats to the 10 extraordinary finalists for the AFS Prize for Young Global Citizens! Their shortlisted projects include digital exchange programs, environmental activities, solutions to gender issues and more. The winner of the AFS Prize will be announced at the AFS Global Conference on October 23. #AFSeffect #globalcitizens #AFScon

Team up with us to global up your students, faculty and professionals across a variety of disciplines! Our new suite of programs develops essential skills, like collaboration, problem-solving, and cross-cultural communication, needed for personal, academic and professional development. #globalup #intled #HigherEd #elearning #globalcompetence #HR #AFS #globalbusiness #globalimpact #internationalbusiness #studyabroad #facultydevelopment

Through the bp Global STEM Academies, 110 scholarship winners from 22 countries are working on team projects proposing ideas to help achieve one of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Find out more about their projects! #AFSeffect #bpSTEM #STEM #SDGs #GlobalGoals

We are proud of the 50,000+ AFS volunteers worldwide who are always there to support, inspire and lead! Your commitment to global citizenship multiplies the power of #AFSeffect worldwide. Help us recognize the most outstanding AFS volunteers by nominating them for an award by 19 October: afs.org/volunteer/awards. #AFSvolunteer #volunteer #volunteeringmatters #volunteering

Meet the speakers who will join us at the AFS Global Conference (22-23 October, online) to explore the impact of the first ever PISA Global Competence Assessment results. Find out more about this event and other news from AFS in our latest newsletter. #AFSeffect #AFScon #intled