It was in 1976, for the Asia-Pacific Regional Conference in Kuala Lumpur, that Nobuo Funabashi first composed the lyrics of The AFS Song. These lyrics were taking their origins in an…
Halfway across the globe, a group of young Hong Kongese supporters of the Icelandic National Team is gathering to celebrate our participation in the World Cup. Shannon, who recently travelled…
Time for goodbyes Last weekend was the End of Stay camp for our students hosted in the Year Program 2017-2018. The whole thing started on Saturday, with a little tradition…
Mig hefur lengi langað í skiptinám til Asíu. Þessi heimshluti heillar mig svo mikið. Hvernig getur t.d. Staður eins og Japan sem líkist Íslandi umhverfislega verið svona ótrúlega frábrugðinn okkur…
Júlíus Þór Björnsson Waage, from Akureyri, is on a year program in Warsaw. Mikołaj Końko, from Lublin, is doing his exchange here in Reykjavík. Together, they work towards a better understanding…
Heil og sæl! Ég heiti Ásdís Björk og er nýjasti starfsmaður skrifstofu AFS, en í febrúarbyrjun hóf ég störf sem verkefnastjóri. Ég kynntist AFS fyrst 8 ára gömul og ákvað…
Menningarhelgin var haldin 1. til 4. mars. Skiptinemarnir sem eru búsettir á landsbygðinni komu til Reykjavíkur þann 1. mars og við fórum öll saman út á Álftanes til Guðna, forseta Íslands.…
Nú eru komin um fjögur ár síðan ég kom aftur heim úr árslöngu skiptinámi í Japan. Það er orðið svo langt síðan að sú þekking og reynsla sem ég öðlaðist…
In 2011, AFS Intercultural launched the LINK Learning Program, a network-wide training which aims at expanding our staff and volunteers’ expertise in the field of Intercultural Learning (ICL). By doing…
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