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AFS Highlights
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Become a Host Family
Now’s The Time to Welcome an Exchange Student!
Sharing daily life with a teenager from another country and culture is a rich and rewarding exp…
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The Joy of Hosting Exchange Students
I’ll never forget our Italian AFS exchange student’s great big smile when we first met at Arrival Camp two summers ago. We had communicated via ema…
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8 Great Reasons to Study Abroad, Spring Departures 2009
1. Your New Year’s resolution for 2009 can be to start the New Year in a new country.
2. Start school at the same time as your new class…
My AFS Experience
“July was the most incredible month of my life. I have gotten this question so many times – how was your trip? All I can say in a sentence is that it was amazing, awe-inspiring, life-changing. They told us before we went to Ghana that we would change while we were there. The whole time I kept thinking I felt like the exact same person, but in reflection, all the insane things that I’ve seen and the roller coaster of emotions that I have ridden, have really made me a better person. I’m inspired by my host family, who welcomes in students with no questions asked, and I’m inspired by the other students in my group, who helped me through all the challenges, and I’m inspired by the Ghanaian people, who are so incredibly friendly and genuinely caring.”
Shannon Cebron, summer program to Ghana 2008