Project Picking Up The Pieces: The Rights and Needs of Children Affected
written by Jemiema Dagadas Behind every parent in jail, there are children and other family members who are serving time as well. More often than not, the lives of these…
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Mid-Stay Orientation
written by AFS Dapitan AFS Communities from Cagayan De Oro, Dapitan, General Santos, and Davao conducted a Mid-Stay Orientation. This orientation is an activity deemed to re-orient our exchange students with…
Purchasing Local Products
written by Giana Scattini, YES Participant (USA) I found a cute little market near my house and decided to go explore. I also wanted to put my newfound language skills…
Trips that I did during my Stay
written by Lucie Depré (participant from Belgium) First of all, with my foster family ? ? ?, I traveled a weekend to Boracay as you certainly could see it! This is one of…
Project HIVBeSt: Beating the Stigma
written by YES Alumni in Cotabato City Harris Sulaiman (YES’15) with the help of other alumni, Benjamin Abubakar and Johnson Badawi (YES ’11), Abdul Jamee Canda (YES ’12), Jeahan Haron…
Experiencing the #AFSeffect
written by: Dana Bautista, AFS Philippines, Intern More than the experience that I would be gaining as an intern for AFS Philippines, the relationship that I have built with the…
Dealing With Different People
written by Nonie Titular Lumnis (participant to USA) I am a proud alumna of KL -YES program batch 10. YES program was one of the best opportunity that happened to me, because…
Life Accomplishments After Exchange in the US
written by Justin Phillip Gonzales (participant to USA) After returning home, I have worked on accomplishing not only for me but also to bring the honor and pride to my…
Life’s Journey as a Deaf Scholar
I am Yamie Fiestada-Yadan, an AFS-KL YES Batch 2005-2006 Alumni. I am Deaf and I never imagine that I will go that far literally, when I became a scholar, it…