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…
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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,…
AFS Returnee Awarded Ivy League Scholarship
Today we are talking to Kalisa Ndamage, a South African AFSer who went on a year programme to the USA in 2014-2015. He will soon be returning to the USA,…
AFS Interculture South Africa Celebrates Freedom Day
On 27th April we celebrate Freedom Day – which is South Africa’s annual commemoration of the transition from a system of minority rule to full democratic representation for all. The…
Getting immersed in a new culture
I’m Zeineb, an AFS student from Tunisia in China and I’m writing to talk you about my first month here. I’ve always wanted to be an exchange student and now…