Campaign #IslamNotPhobia
written by Aniyyah Fatmah Guina, YES Program Alumna 2016 #IslamNotPhobia is a campaign to counter Islamic prejudice and hate speech towards the Muslims in Iligan City and other communities in Mindanao…
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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…
My Volunteer Experience in Germany
“It was a huge adjustment coming from the capital of the Philippines to living in a small town in the middle of the forest in Brandenburg. I was out of…
Changing the World, One Step at a Time: A New Volunteer Initiative in Turkey
AFSers take pride in being changemakers and global citizens committed to improving the lives of others. This is no different for the members of the AFS Volunteers Association in Turkey…
AFS Volunteers Awarded for Changemaking Initiatives
Changemaking is in the DNA of AFSers. Our volunteers facilitate intercultural experiences that are as life-changing to themselves as they are to AFS program participants. AFS volunteers dare to create…
From Words to Actions: AFSers as Social Changemakers
Continually rethinking our actions, redefining our roles and re-examining our impact on society is why volunteers continue to be the driving force of AFS. We volunteer for AFS knowing that…