The Confident and Empowered Woman
By: Hariiharahn P. Rajendran – YES 2020 (YES Alumni Committee Vice President) International Women’s Day (IWD) is a day to commemorate cultural, political, and socioeconomic achievements of women and it is…
Changemaking
Clothing with Conscience: Khaled Amru (YES ’10)
Khaled Amru is from YES ’10, and was previously hosted in Berryville, Virginia. Budaya Beat reached out to him to learn more about a social enterprise, Havan Clothing, and his…
New Online Course for AFS Volunteers and Staff
Foundations of Intercultural Learning and Global Competence is the new introductory level of the AFS Intercultural Link Learning Program — a training and assessment program to increase intercultural and global…
GLOBAL COMPETENCE CERTIFICATE FOR TEENS NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE
Course will start on 20 April 2021 At a time when understanding others is more important than ever but travel remains challenging, AFS Intercultural Programs (AFS) is providing a new…
New Line-Up for YES Alumni
YES Alumni members elected a new Committee line-up for the new 2021/2022 term at an online AGM recently which recorded a virtual attendance of 50. The new committee comprises the…
Dedicated to Frontliners
An AFS returnee of three Intensive Programs to EGY, JPN & ITA has written a poem dedicated to frontliners. Dr. Liyu Zin Eu who is now based in a hospital…
AFS Volunteers to The Fore
AFS volunteers joined a Rumah Bonda volunteering event to pack 1,200 care packages filled with daily essentials such as rice, oil, tea, coffee and face masks. These packages were to…
Experiencing India Virtually
By Joey Lim Vice President (Negeri Sembilan Chapter) Returnee from JENESYS Japan 2011 With international borders remaining closed, cultural sharing, bonding and learning have to be done virtually. AFS Malaysia…
AFS MAS Completes GCC Workshop for Educators
AFS Malaysia has successfully concluded a series of facilitated workshops for 100 educators under the Global Competence Certificate course. A team of certified facilitators comprising staff and returnees had conducted…