Mask-ed to the Big Apple
2022 started off with a big bang for a group of 25 Malaysian students who were selected to participate in the Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange Study (YES) Program to the United…
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A Speziale Experience
Can you please introduce yourself and why you chose Malaysia for your AFS Program? My name is Daniele Speziale, I’m 18 years old and I’m from Savona, Italy. I like…
Returnee Reflection: Handmade with Love
AFS returnee Wong Li-Ann is not your usual medical student but also an accomplished jewellery maker whose pieces are popular with both the young and young-at-heart. Proceeds from her sales…
Junior AFS Club Leads the Way with Classroom ICL
A primary school in Seksyen 13 Shah Alam is creating waves with its intercultural learning through classroom exchanges, an initiative that was begun as a result of the covid19 pandemic…
AFS Changemaker…Through Song!
AFS aims to empower young people with the passion for making a difference…and one such changemaker did just that with a catchy new song to celebrate Aidil Fitri! Zamaera al-Edros…
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…
Engage To Exchange – the New Normal of AFS Roadshows
By Annie Yap With the Covid-19 pandemic ravaging not just the country but also the world, a New Normal had to be adopted in the way we go about with…
VACCINATE YOURSELF AGAINST COV-19
Now that effective vaccines for COVID-19 have been developed and are being distributed to members of the public, it is key for us to understand the benefits of the COVID-19…
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…