Program Details
| Program Length | Start | End | Price | Age on Departure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year Program | AUG 10 | JULY 11 | RM 22,000 | 17 |
AFS & Your Experience
Luxembourg is currently attached to the AFS Belgium office, which has been in existence since 1948. Today AFS Belgium is separated into two regional operations; the AFS headquarters in Brussels houses separate national offices for AFS Belgium Flanders and AFS Belgium French. AFS Belgium French covers the French-speaking southern region of Belgium, Brussels where 80% of the population speak French, and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. AFS Flanders covers the Dutch-speaking northern region of the country.
AFS will be at your side throughout your intercultural exchange. Even before leaving your home country, you will participate in organized AFS orientations and have the assistance of experienced AFS volunteers. Once in your host country you can rely on your local volunteer contact and other chapter volunteers to support you in your experience. Together we will ensure that you have an incredible experience abroad.
Thanks to many contacts with various cultures, Luxembourgish people are flexible, sincere, warm, friendly and open-minded. Due to the small size of the capital city and the towns, there is a sense of “everybody knows everybody”. They do value privacy, enjoy a safe and comfortable life, work hard and are self-disciplined. People will be glad to know you, but you may have to make the first steps toward establishing contact. By showing enthusiasm and interest, by using your charm, tact and openness, you will build real bonds with your new family and friends.
Your special sojourn will be built day-by-day from sharing ordinary everyday life with your new family. Family life is very important in Luxembourg. Teenagers are used to deferring to parents at all times, and parents maintain authority and expect the children to follow their rules as long as they live at home. Both parents usually work, and students and children are expected to do their share of the housework and daily chores.
Family members and their friends and relatives will usually be close to each other, but in general, Luxembourgers do not maintain very close contact with their neighbors. It is possible that apart from your family and their friends, few people in the community will know about you or be acquainted with AFS.
Some AFS’ers are placed in small towns and rural areas. Public transportation is well organized and safe.
Luxembourg host families, like all AFS host families worldwide, are not paid. They open their homes to students in order to share their community and culture as well as to enrich their own family life.
