Primary Schools Learn About Land of Fairy Tales
A junior Intercultural Club in Shah Alam, a school in Kedah and a Mandarin school in Puchong recently enjoyed a fun and interactive session learning about life in Denmark from…
Global Citizen
Tech Up Think Tank Project
By Amalin Norman (YES Program 2018) YES Alumni Malaysia held a “Tech Up! Workshop”, a Think Tank project in collaboration with iCUBE International recently. The two-day workshop focused on giving…
VSS: Understanding Brain Health
By Annie Yap For some of us, the topic “Understanding Brain Health” can be a little daunting and that was precisely what the August VSS session was all about. Conducted…
VSS: My AFS Year – The Beginning of Everything
By Annie Yap Continuing the Volunteer Sharing Series (VSS), our speaker for September was Datuk Yasmin Yusuff. Now a member of the AFS Malaysia Board, Datuk Yasmin is an AFS returnee…
Learning About Gratitude Through AFS – By Kezia Loh
As an exchange student to the United States under the Kennedy Lugar Youth and Exchange Program, I was hosted in a beautiful city call Baltimore located in the state of…
AFS, Changemaking, culture, Education, Global Citizen, Global Citizenship, Intercultural Learning, Tips
How Can You Manage Cultural Diversity?
We are generally aware that the first step in managing diversity is recognize it and learning not to fear it. Since everyone is the product of their own culture, we…
AFS, AFS Host Family, AFS Student, AFS Volunteer, Changemaking, culture, Education, Global Citizen, Global Citizenship, Intercultural Learning, Study abroad, Tips, volunteerism
Celebrate Culture Differences
What language do you speak? What is your religion? What holidays do you celebrate? What is your racial identification? What is your ethnic identity? What is your culture? Culture is…
AFS, AFS Host Family, AFS Student, alumni, Changemaking, culture, Education, Global Citizen, Intercultural Learning
From Chicago To Alor Setar: Living La Vida Local!
By Kara Timrick I am one of several year-long exchange students in Malaysia, but I was born and bred in Chicago. I consider myself lucky to come from such a…
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Changemakers Social Entrepreneurship Workshop
Changemakers Social Entrepreneurship Workshop By: Lim Ke Shin For a week in March 2017, I attended a YES Alumni Social Entrepreneurship Workshop and ECA Conference in Westin, Alexandria, a packed…