AFS Interculture South Africa www.afs.org.za

AFS was founded as a volunteer ambulance corps in 1914 THE BEGINNING OF AFS

Over 4200 AFS drivers served in World Wars I and II

Tired of war, the AFS drivers wanted to promote peace ... How can ESR roles and responsibilities for volunteers be organized? Tired of war, the AFS drivers wanted to promote peace ...

52 students from 10 countries arrived in the USA 1947

Over 1000 students came from 29 countries and 750 US teenagers went abroad Ten years later ...

At first all AFS exchanges involved the United States

AFS Exchanges Today

59 AFS PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS TODAY ... COORDINATE 13,000 EXCHANGES AROUND THE WORLD

AFS is EDUCATION BEYOND THE CLASSROOM

AN AFS Experience INCLUDES

New Cultures Exploration

Challenge Discovery

Friendship Sharing

AFS Provides

VOLUNTEERS Host Families

SUPPORT SUPPORT

Who is AFS ?

AFS Interculture South Africa (AFS ISA) was founded in 1958 and has hosted students successfully from all over the world. Today South Africa is one of the five AFS partners on the African continent (Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa and Tunisia). AFS in South Africa

The Structure of AFS Interculture South Africa The direction of AFS ISA is set by a board of volunteers; The work in the field is done by volunteers who are organised in local groups, called chapters. In addition to that, there is a small team of professional staff members that support the work of the volunteers. The volunteers in South Africa have formed 23 active chapters. The Structure of AFS Interculture South Africa (AFS ISA)

23 AFS Chapters Akaso Atteridgeville Bloemfontein Durban Eldorado Park Emalahleni Gauteng South Honeydew Katlehong Lebowakgomo Mamelodi Mapulaneng Mossel Bay Observatory Pietermaritzburg Rustenburg Somerset West Soweto Tembisa Tiresano Tshwane East Tygerberg Weltevreden Park 23 AFS Chapters

2. Hosting Community Service Volunteers Intensive Programme (IP) lasts two months. Semester Programme (SM) lasts five or six months. Year Programme (YP) lasts ten to eleven months. 2. Hosting Community Service Volunteers Volunteers, who come from other countries, while offering their services. They work for different local organisations that address community service needs. 3. Sending AFS ISA also sends students to other countries. Students can either go on a year or a semester programme. Students may choose to participate in the shorter, intensive programme to France, Germany, Spain, Italy or Malaysia. AFS Programmes

One of them is the YES Programme from the US government. AFS ISA offers some scholarships to help students participate in these programmes. One of them is the YES Programme from the US government. Which gives South African high school students an opportunity to go to the United States. In Addition…

AFS is a Volunteer - Based Organisation Volunteering with AFS AFS is truly a volunteer-based organisation that has a strong commitment to more than 40,000 volunteers worldwide. When you volunteer, you contribute your efforts to a larger cause.

Volunteering with AFS

The chapters are the engine room of AFS. It is from their chapters that volunteers, donating their time, their energies and their goodwill, do the lions’ share of the organisation’s work. It is they who interact most immediately and directly with our students and community service volunteers. Also, it is volunteers who look for host families and who support the participants as well as their new families during their participation in AFS programmes. AFS Chapters

Activities you can get involved in… Student Support / Contact Person Finding Host Families Selection & Interviewing Airport Assistance Orientations Fun Events & Fundraising Administration School & CPO Relations Volunteer Recruitment PR and Marketing Activities you can get involved in…

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