Master of the Kitchen
If you can channel your inner Gordon Ramsay… Make a list of the items you are able to make. You…
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Host an Internationally-Themed Dinner
If you are good in the kitchen… Host an internationally-themed dinner party where you make a cuisine from your future…
Cooking for Cash
If you are a party planner… Organize a school-, church- or community-wide spaghetti dinner, ice cream social, salad bar, omelet…
Approach Charitable Organizations
If you are good at making connections… Charitable organizations are usually comprised of business owners and well-connected people in your…
Local AFS Fundraising
If you are a people person… Ask your local AFS area team volunteers about raising funds collectively. With the assistance…
Parents Night Out
If you enjoy babysitting… Offer one night (several nights) or a full Saturday / Sunday for parents to let you…
Care Package Campaign
If you are creative, crafty, and caring… Compile a list of care package themes and the desired contents for each…
Silent Auction
If you have retail connections… Host a silent auction using donated items as a stand alone event or in conjunction…
Corporate Sponsorships
If you are a go-getter and like talking to new people… Brainstorm (with your parents) a list of local businesses…
Sponsorship Letter
If you know a lot of people that live far away… Write a letter introducing yourself, why you are fundraising,…
Mass Email Campaign
If you have oodles of contacts in your address book… Using email is a great way to get the word…
Food For Funds
If you have friends and family that like to eat at restaurants… Visit a few restaurants, coffee shops and bakeries…
Airplane Ticket Giveaway
If you know someone with lots of reward miles… Ask a family member or a family friend who travels a…
Email Newsletter
If you laugh in the face of deadlines… Sell subscriptions to a personal newsletter about your experience while you are…
Art Auction
If you are tight with some artists… Ask your artist friends or local artists in your community to help you…
Etsy Shop
If you have an entrepreneurial spirit… Etsy.com is similar to eBay, but for individual people selling their own art, crafts,…
Skeins of Yarn
If you know how to knit or crochet… Create knitted or crocheted items, such as scarves, bags, socks, or hats…
I’m With the Band
If you know a good band or singer… Ask the band or singer to perform at your fundraising event. Find…
Art Fundraiser
If you have an eye for design… Many stores (i.e. Walgreens, CVS, Rite Aid, etc.) offer photo services where you…
How Studying Abroad Can Make You Brave
Studying abroad can seem a little scary. You’re far from home in unfamiliar surroundings. You’re dealing with the language barrier…
Chain of Diversity
Goal: Participants will discover and recognize the many ways in which they are similar and are different from others in…
Building Global Competency in the Intercultural Classroom
Overview: The purpose of this activity is to introduce U.S. students to the world beyond their classroom borders through the…
14 Ways to Say Thank You Internationally
Goal: Known as the official start of the holiday season to many, the American secular holiday of Thanksgiving has been…
Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
Sourced from the UN: Investments in infrastructure – transport, irrigation, energy and information and communication technology – are crucial to…
Goal 8: Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all
Sourced from the UN: Roughly half the world’s population still lives on the equivalent of about US$2 a day with…
Goal 7: Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy
Sourced from the UN: Energy is central to nearly every major challenge and opportunity the world faces today. Be it…
Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation
Sourced from the UN: Clean, accessible water for all is an essential part of the world we want to live…
Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
Sourced from the UN: While the world has achieved progress towards gender equality and women’s empowerment under the Millennium Development Goals (including…
Goal 4: Quality Education
Sourced from the UN: Obtaining a quality education is the foundation to creating sustainable development. In addition to improving quality…
Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
Sourced from the UN: Ensuring healthy lives and promoting the well-being at all ages is essential to sustainable development. Significant…
Goal 2: Zero Hunger
Sourced from the UN: It is time to rethink how we grow, share and consume our food. If done right,…
Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere
While global poverty rates have been cut by more than half since 2000, one in ten people in developing regions…
Goal 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
Sourced from the UN: Sustainable consumption and production is about promoting resource and energy efficiency, sustainable infrastructure, and providing access…
Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources
Sourced from the UN: The world’s oceans – their temperature, chemistry, currents and life – drive global systems that make…
Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
Sourced from the UN: Climate change is now affecting every country on every continent. It is disrupting national economies and…
Goal 15: Sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation, halt biodiversity loss
Sourced from the UN: Forests cover 30.7 percent of the Earth’s surface and, in addition to providing food security and…
Goal 16: Promote just, peaceful and inclusive societies
Sourced from the UN: The threats of international homicide, violence against children, human trafficking and sexual violence are important to…
Goal 17: Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development
Sourced from the UN: A successful sustainable development agenda requires partnerships between governments, the private sector and civil society. These…
Goal 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries
Sourced from the UN: The international community has made significant strides towards lifting people out of poverty. The most vulnerable…
Goal 11: Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
Sourced from the UN: Cities are hubs for ideas, commerce, culture, science, productivity, social development and much more. At their…
YES Departure Dates
Note all students will arrive to D.C. on either the Tuesday or Wednesday of their travel week, depending on which…
Ramadan Facts
What is Ramadan? The Muslim fast of Ramadan (rahm-ah-dahn) falls in the ninth month on the Islamic lunar calendar and…
100 Volunteer Hours
One important characteristic of the exchange programs sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, is an emphasize on volunteerism. The…
YES and FLEX Host Family Money Matters
YES and FLEX Student Stipend The YES and FLEX scholarships provide all YES and FLEX students with a monthly stipend…
Tracking claims with GMMI
Balance Billing The claims administrator, GMMI, negotiates with medical providers to reduce their costs even after they have provided the…
Aussie Kiwi Haere Scholarship
The Aussie Kiwi Haere Scholarship is now available for students interested in studying abroad to Australia or New Zealand.
AFS Robbie Robinson Scholarship
Local scholarships for students attending The Barea Midpark High School in Ohio.
Maine Global Explorers Scholarship
Local scholarship for students from Maine.
DelMarPA Year Scholarship
Local scholarships for students from DelMarPa Area Team
DelMarPA Global Prep Scholarship
Local scholarships for students from DelMarPa Area Team
The Felicia Buell Study Abroad with AFS Scholarship
The Felicia Buell Study Abroad Scholarship will award one (1) student from any high school in Washington County, Ohio or…
Helen “Peggie” Miller Scholarship
$5,000 need and merit-based scholarship for semester and year program students
True Peace Scholarship
Local scholarships for students from Nevada and California
Silver & Gold Area Team Scholarship
Local scholarships for students from Nevada and California
Greater Los Angeles Area Team Scholarship
The Greater Los Angeles Area Team Scholarship is made possible by the generosity of volunteers, individual donors, and foundations in…
Bonnie Jernigan Memorial Scholarship
Local scholarships for students from the Massachusetts Bay Area Team.
Michigan Area Team Scholarship
Students living in Michigan, applying for any of AFS’s study abroad programs, are eligible to apply for a local need- or merit-based partial scholarship.
Catherine Scully Scholarship
Students living in the capital city of Springfield, Illinois are encouraged to apply for this merit-based scholarship.
AFS Foundation of Greater Milwaukee Scholarship
Local scholarships for students from Wisconsin.
Orca Scholarship
Up to $2,500 study abroad scholarships for students of Washington.
AFS Vancouver/Battle Ground Chapter Scholarship
$500 - $1,500 local scholarships for students in Washington.
Friends of Greater Cincinnati Scholarship
Local study abroad scholarships for students from the Greater Cincinnati area.
Linda Jackson Straus Scholarship
Up to $2,500 study abroad scholarships for Talawanda High School students from Oxford, Ohio.
Finland-U.S. Future Leaders Scholarship
Full study abroad scholarships for students from Washington, D.C. to study abroad in Finland.
Elita Hawley Scholarship
$30,000 in study abroad scholarships for students from Central California counties.
Kirby Capen Study Abroad Scholarship
$1000 study abroad scholarships for students from Connecticut and New York.
Sharon Lage Study Abroad Scholarship
$1000 or more study abroad scholarships for students from Connecticut and New York.
NYC Metro & Hudson Valley Area Team Scholarship
$1000 or more study abroad scholarships to study abroad for students from Connecticut and New York.
Colorado Rockies Area Team Scholarships
Scholarship to study abroad for a year or semester for residents of Colorado.
CBYX
Full, merit-based scholarship program of the U.S. Department of State to serve as a “youth ambassador” for an academic year home-stay program in Germany.
NSLI-Y
Full, merit-based scholarship program of the U.S. Department of State to study critical languages in an overseas immersion environment.
YES Abroad
Full, merit-based scholarship program of the U.S. Department of State to promote mutual understanding between people of the United States and people of countries of strategic importance.
Yoshi Hattori Memorial Scholarship
Full, merit-based scholarship to study abroad for a year in Japan.
AFS Returnee Maggie Kane founds pay-what-you-can cafe, A Place at the Table
Many AFS Exchange Students lead impactful lives after their time abroad opened their minds and taught them to collaborate across…
Q&A With AFS-USA’s Alumni Relations Intern: Molly Kisner
Molly Kisner is AFS-USA’s Alumni Relations intern, an AFS Returnee (U.S. to France, 2010), and she is completing our fall…
Let Your Astrological Sign Decide Where You Study Abroad
The mystical art of astrology is almost as old as human civilization. Its staying power has not faded in our…
Influential Black Americans Who Lived Abroad: What They Learned “From Another Place”
In honor of Black History Month, we’re highlighting influential Black Americans whose experiences studying, teaching, and living abroad shaped their…
Studying Abroad in the 1960s
Thanks to the generosity of George Gabb, the AFS Archives recently acquired an oversized scrapbook filled with black and white…
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My Multigenerational AFS Family
It’s 2018 and I’m sitting in my grandmother’s sunny Ohio kitchen. We just went to two estate sales and are…
Snow Tubing Fun
Sparkling, sunny, snow tubing fun! Pacific Cascades Douglas County Chapter organized a day of winter sports fun at Diamond Lake…
Protected: Turkey Semester and Year Visa Guidelines
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Turkey Semester and Year Visa FAQ
What type of visa do I need? You will be applying for a Visa for Turkey. How do I apply…
Colombia Semester and Year Visa FAQ
Protected: Thailand Summer Visa Guidelines
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Thailand Summer Visa FAQ
STEP 1: What type of visa do I need? You will be applying for a Non-Immigrant Visa category ED before…
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Thailand Semester and Year Visa FAQ
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Protected: Switzerland Semester and Year Visa Guidelines
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Switzerland Semester and Year Visa FAQ
What type of visa do I need? You will be applying for a three-month Study Visa for Minors before departing…
Protected: Sweden Semester and Year Visa Guidelines
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Sweden Semester and Year Visa FAQ
What type of visa do I need? You will be applying for a Student Residence Permit. How do I apply…
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Spain Semester and Year Visa FAQ
What type of visa do I need? You will be applying for a National (Type D) Student Visa for Spain.…
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South Africa Semester and Year Visa FAQ
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Protected: Serbia Semester and Year Visa Guidelines
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Serbia Semester and Year Visa FAQ
What type of visa do I need? With the help of AFS Serbia and your host family, you will obtain…
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Russia Summer Semester and Year FAQ
What type of visa do I need? You will be applying for a Single Entry Student Visa for Minors. How…