Great news! Thanks to your hard work, we have completed approximately 25% of all current semifinalist interviews!
Given the realities of the 20-21 cycle, we recommend that volunteers use the 20-21 Virtual Mid-Stay Orientation presentation this cycle.
Meet the AFS-USA Study Abroad team, learn more about 2021 programs that are running, and see what’s new in the Study Abroad world!
As we enter a new year, AFS-USA proudly supports the W. K. Kellogg Foundation’s National Day of Racial Healing, Equity and Justice on Tuesday, January 19th and invites all AFS-USA staff, volunteers, students, and other supporters of our work to take part in this national day of virtual conversations that are being offered by dozens of organizations and institutions throughout our country.
No year has tested us more—we repatriated nearly 2,000 students and, as a result, faced unprecedented financial challenges. In true AFS spirit, volunteers, staff, supporters, and friends responded to the crisis by doing everything we could to move our mission forward. Please read and share Our Year in Review!
You can now find the contact information of NSLI-Y summer Persian and Hindi candidates in your area on Global Link with NSLI listed as the Responsible Org (program code IPnsNH21)!
Starting this summer, many of our study abroad programs will now include language proficiency testing to measure our participants’ language ability and growth while abroad. Each participant will be expected to complete this assessment after their return from their AFS study abroad experience.
AFS-USA has created AFS Logo Face Masks available to order at no cost for volunteers! You can order them here today!
We are changing the minimum age for host family background checks from 18 years old to 17 years old in all states except California.
This is an important update about the YES Abroad program for 2020-21.