1. AFS Interculture South Africa

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

3. Over 4200 AFS drivers served in World Wars I and II

4. 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 ...

5. 52 students from 10 countries arrived in the USA
1947

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

7. At first all AFS exchanges involved the United States

8. AFS Exchanges Today

9. 59 AFS PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS
TODAY ...
COORDINATE 13,000
EXCHANGES AROUND THE
WORLD

10. AFS
is EDUCATION
BEYOND THE
CLASSROOM

11. AN AFS
Experience
INCLUDES

12. New Cultures
Exploration

13. Challenge
Discovery

14. Friendship
Sharing

15. AFS
Provides

16. VOLUNTEERS
Host Families

17. SUPPORT
SUPPORT

18. Who is
AFS ?

20. 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

21. 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)

22. 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

23. 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

24. 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…

25. 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.

26. Volunteering
with AFS

27. 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

28. 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…

29. ANY
QUESTIONS???

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