Host Student Update: Jaime from Spain
My reflection as an AFS Student at Tarawera High School My name is Jaime from Spain. I’m an AFS student…
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Current Student Updates: Adam in Peru
Kia Ora, Buenos Días and Hello, I’m Adam McPhail, a Kiwi and an AFS exchange student living in Chincha Alta,…
Current student updates: France
Tui sent us an update from France – read on to hear about school, skiing, and language challenges! Bonjour à…
Current Student Updates: Emma, Japan
At a pottery festival (fire festival) with my host family in May What’s it been like living with…
Hosted Student Update: Lea from Switzerland
My Exchange year in New Zealand When we landed in New Zealand at 3 a.m. after a 22-hour flight, the…
Current student updates: Denmark
Our beautiful student Summer shared her reflections on the exchange so far with our scholarship team – amazing job, Summer!…
MEXT Scholarship Recipient Jay reflects on a month in Japan
We asked our amazing 2023 MEXT scholarship student and volunteer Jay some questions about his time in Japan. Read on…
2024 AFS Youth Assembly Global Educators scholarship winner
We are delighted to share that our alumna Bella Chisholm (NZ to Germany, 2011) has won a scholarship to participate…
1950s AFSers: Adrian Coleman and Ron Frew
ADRIAN COLEMAN, USA 1958-59: MISSING THE BUS At the expiration of the year our group of about 20 AFS students…
Current student updates: Argentina
It’s so lovely hearing from our sending students! Here’s another update from a current student living in Argentina. Oliver Although…
Current student updates: Brazil
Our current sending students are doing a wonderful job adapting to their new homes! Here are two letters from students…
Current student updates: Japan
We love getting news from our students overseas! Here are two letters from current students in Japan Kaelin, Japan…
Sweet memories of Sweden
Kia Ora, My name is Gypsy-Rose Koteka and I travelled to Sweden for my exchange in 2019. Where do I…
A dream Denmark exchange cut short
Hine-au-rangi Campbell-Collie returned home to New Zealand in March 2020 when all AFS programmes were cancelled due to Covid-19. Covid-19…
“Sheltering” in New Zealand
By Caio Carvalho (Brazil) When I arrived in New Zealand in the beginning of the year, I was full of…