AFS Stories

AFS Philippines

  1. 'Kapuso Campus Tour: The Regional Masterclass Series'

  2. Welcoming our New Set of Alumni

  3. Intercultural Competence

  1. Finding Home in the City of Hope

  2. Philippine Intercultural Youth Convention 2018

  3. National Selection Camp in CDO

  4. The Role of the Global Citizens in Nation Building

  5. Filipino YES Program Scholars to the United States of America

  6. Ambassadors of Global Citizenship welcomed in the Philippines

  1. How Globally Prepared is your Institution?

  2. The #YESEffect Anniversary Celebration

  3. Welcoming new Ambassadors of Global Citizenship!

  4. A New Batch of YES Scholars

  5. AFS Joins an Adventure with ADZU

  6. We are Different but We are One

  1. More than 60 Foreign Participants Completes their Cultural Exchange in the Philippines

  2. 365 Roses for the Mother's Day

  3. Why Global Citizenship Education Should be Part of Your Curriculum

  4. Launching of S.M.I.L.E Project and the Rehabilitation of Marawi

  5. ENTECH Summit 2018

  6. The AFSeffect Event

  1. Expanding Intercultural through AFS School Club

  2. PEACE Program Launched

  3. Collaboration with ICARE

  4. The AFS IPP Vision 2020

  5. It’s Saturday Night Fever!

  6. Being Set-up for Success

Participant Stories

  1. Ecstatic. Anxious. Excited.

  2. Taming the Obstacles of an Exchange Student

  3. A Different Experience

  4. My Journey in Washington

  5. The Burnt Cookies and Brownies

  6. Life in Kansas

  1. Why I love my Host Family

  2. Why AFS is the Best Choice for Internship?

  3. What is it Like Living with a Host Family in the Philippines?

  4. Hard Work Pays Off

  5. We Are Not That Different

  6. The World is a Book

  1. 1969 AFSer meets 2018 AFSer in Laoag City

  2. A Year of Breaking Cultural Barriers

  3. Eye-Opener Experience

  4. Trips that I did during my Stay

  5. Dealing With Different People

  6. Experiencing the #AFSeffect

  1. It happened. It really did.

  2. A Story That I'll Never Forget

  3. Adjust Your Sail

  4. Child Of Tides

  5. Life’s Journey as a Deaf Scholar

  6. Life Accomplishments After Exchange in the US

  1. The Black Hole

  2. A Better Version of Myself

  3. A Life in a Coconut Shell

  4. Journey of A Liping Kayumanggi

  5. Experiencing Philippines

  6. Appreciating the Western World

  1. The Awesomeness of PYLP

  2. From Belgium to Philippines

  3. A Life-Changing Experience

  4. My Volunteer Experience in Germany

  5. Thoughts of Living A Year Abroad

  6. I can’t wait for my AFS experience abroad

  1. The Dream of Travelling the World

  2. We Are Home

  3. The Importance of Intercultural Learning

  4. These Words are My Voice For You to Hear

  5. Breaking Stereotypes of the World

  6. Slice of Life from Marinduque: Living with the Lagar Family

  1. Never a Year Lost!

  2. I am an exchange student

  3. A vision for Marinduque – AGREA

  4. From Dresden to Marinduque

  5. Europeans arrive in PHI

  6. So Much to Learn and Discover

AFS Families say it all:

  1. Fear in Hosting

  2. For the Love of Sonya

  3. Why

  4. Ricardo’s Intercultural Experience with Plata Family

  5. Life-Changing Experience

  1. A New Found Home

  2. Intercultural Experience: A Lesson

  3. Enjoyable Hosting Experience

  4. What is it like to be a Host Family

  5. My Hosting Experience

  6. Benefits of hosting Exchange students

Changemaking Stories

  1. Kadtiwalay: Envisioning Empowered and Holistic Family Living

  2. Future Bridging Leadership Program

  3. Peer2Peer Facebook Global Digital Challenge

  4. TESDA Community Outreach Program

  1. Campaign #IslamNotPhobia

  2. Project Picking Up The Pieces: The Rights and Needs of Children Affected

  3. Project HIV BeSt: Beating the Stigma

  4. Learning Journey from Cairo

  5. Alumni TIES in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

  6. Project Bayanihan

  1. Volunteers Help Empower a Community in the Philippines

  2. Sea Peace Youth Camp

  3. Young Meranao Peace Advocates Camp (YMPAC)

  4. Spreading the word of Intercultural Learning on the road

  5. AFS Zamboanga Del Sur Community conducted Info-Drive Session

  6. Youth from Cotabato Community conducted Info Sessions

  1. YES Alumni calls for Peace in MaguindaNOW

  2. GENSAN Youth Leaders celebrates Global Youth Service Day

  3. Celebrating Global Impact

  4. Team Maguindanao Launches Peace of Mind Project 2.0

  5. AFS RMTU Community Outreach Project

  6. Positive Leadership to Power Sustainable Change