Volunteer Speaker Series: First Steps in the Right Direction
By Jedida Ravindran I can come up with a host of reasons as to why I know very little about the Malaysian political system. Having chosen to remain largely apolitical,…
Intercultural Learning
Asia Kakehashi Project – An Exchange During Pandemic Times (Part 2)
My name is Elly, a 19-year-old girl from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I am one of the the Asia Kakehashi Project 2020 participants. I went to Hakodate, Hokkaido. It is Hokkaido’s third…
Donation Drive for Global You program
AFS has been running in-person intercultural learning exchange programs since 1958. However, in 2020, we had to suspend all our physical programs due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This year too,…
APEC CEO Dialogues: Global Competence, the New Power Skill
(Content reposted from CEO Summit Journal, prepared for APEC 2019 convening) To discuss how companies, governments and education systems can work together to create the workforce of the future, a…
GLOBAL YOU Donation Drive
AFS Malaysia recently launched a public donation campaign via Instagram to raise funds for Malaysian students to participate in online intercultural learning programs. Generous donors will even have scholarships named…
Ain receives sponsorship for AFS Global You Changemaker program
Ain Husniza Saiful Nizam was recently chosen as the first recipient of a public donation drive launched by AFS Malaysia in conjunction with the UN’s International Day of Living in…
REFLECTIONS ON AN INTERCULTURAL JOURNEY DURING A PANDEMIC
By Vyshnavi Bharidasan (Asia Kakehashi Project 2020/21) Ever since I was young, my grandfather would tell me amazing stories about his experience in Japan. Those stories always had me dreaming…
A Look Back to the Past Year
A year ago, thousands of AFS students suddenly learned that they would have to end their AFS experience due to the Covid-19 pandemic. While our Network has navigated many crises,…
New AFS Global You Changemaker virtual exchange with UPenn certificate – NOW OPEN
By Linda Stuart Our newest virtual exchange program, AFS Global You Changemaker, offered together with the University of Pennsylvania, is here. Students from Latin America and Asia are part of…