Student Stories – Ayron Paige Gallop – Year Programme to Brazil 2017
This post was written by Ayron Paige Gallop, an AFS student from South Africa on exchange in Brazil. Ayron is one of the young deserving students who received the 2017 Investing…
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Student Stories – Mohau Mofokeng – Year Programme to China 2017
This post was written by Mohau Mofokeng, an AFS student from South Africa on exchange in China. Mohau is one of the young deserving students who received the 2017 Investing in Africa’s Future…
Changemaking – Jannis Drixler – Learning to Appreciate Things
Jannis Drixler is a 27 year old volunteer from Germany, placed in South Africa for a period of one year by AFS Interculture South Africa; where he has been working…
Changemaking – Norman Vezi – Putting Ideas Into Action
Norman Vezi is a YES Programme alumni living in KwaZulu-Natal. Here he writes about how he has learned that changing a community in a positive way does not necessarily require…
Student Stories – Nqobile Nhlapho – Year Programme to Argentina 2017
So my first month in Argentina was amazing with highlights such as visiting Villa Carlos Paz during my second week here and starting school. I attend Colegio Adoratrices which lies…
Student Stories – Ambani Makuya – Year Programme to Philippines 2017
My name is Ambani, but people call me Dean. I am a 17-year-old from South Africa who has been granted an amazing opportunity to go on a student exchange. With…
Student Stories – Lwandile Jacobs – Year Programme to USA 2016
April- Finally winter’s gone, the flowers are blooming and the land is looking fresh, lush and beautiful. Having no fences around most places helps me get to appreciate all of…
AFS Interculture South Africa Commemorates Youth Day
The 16th of June is Youth Day in South Africa; commemorating the anniversary of the Soweto Uprising. June 16th 1976 was the first day of what came to be called the…
AFS convenes the inaugural global citizenship education forum in Africa
AFS Intercultural Programs and AFS Tunisia are proud to announce the AFS in Africa: Global Citizenship Education Forum which will connect educators, intercultural learning practitioners and researchers with schools, universities, governments,…