A Shared Vision for a Changing World

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Message from
the Chair and
the President
On August 24, 2007, before we celebrated the 60th anniversary of the founding of the AFS
Scholarship Program in New York, our Partner organization in Indonesia celebrated its 50th
anniversary in Jakarta. On that Friday morning, Dr. Susilo B. Yudhoyono, the President of
the Republic of Indonesia, the world’s fourth most populous country with the largest Muslim
majority, addressed the audience that was gathered for the celebration.
He recalled the events associated with the publishing of cartoons in the Western press two
years ago and said: “It strikes me today that if every human being enjoyed the intellectual benefits of your intercultural exchange programs, nothing of that kind of inter-civilizational clash
would have happened. A Western journalist, who has benefitted from your program, moved by
the same creative impulse that made his colleagues produce irreverent cartoons, would have
found a way of honoring the legacy of the Prophet instead of perpetrating an insult.”
“By the same token, a Muslim who has lived and has been adopted by a Western family
would have nothing to do with riots against Western establishments in the Muslim world.
He would know that freedom of expression is sacred in the Western democratic tradition
and even when it is misused and therefore subject to legal reprimand, it should never be the
target of irrational violence.”
He referred to AFS as a stabilizing force in a world that is fundamentally unbalanced. AFS
participants learn to nurture a genuine love for others who at first seemed to be entirely different from them, but who are as human as themselves. That is the vitally important achievement, he said, this recognition of one’s own humanity in another person is the beginning of
caring and the advent of wisdom.
This anniversary year was a remarkable year for AFS. As Chairperson of the Board of Trustees and President of AFS Intercultural Programs, we both had the opportunity to travel to
almost every region of the world and meet with heads of state, high ranking diplomats, corporate and cultural leaders and other women and men in influential positions.
During our visits, we also had the opportunity to listen to the members of the AFS Network—
our volunteers, host families, educators and staff; those who make us the kind of international organization that in 2007 sent almost 13,000 young participants on a transformational
intercultural learning experience.
In many of the places we visited, we heard echoes of President Yudhoyono’s words. We heard
that we must continue to be a stabilizing force in a world that is increasingly torn by strife
and that we must continue teaching our youth, through intercultural exchanges, to engage in
dialogues that transcend cultural, religious and national differences and allow them to learn
to appreciate and respect the traditions and sensibilities of other societies and cultures.
We were pleased to talk with so many others who, like us, are committed to supporting the
kind of intercultural learning experiences that AFS has been providing for the last 60 years.
By working together with so many like-minded organizations throughout the world, our impact is multiplied.
This year’s annual report highlights just such a commitment on the part of AFS Intercultural
Programs and the AFS Network. It has been a remarkable year of growth, in both AFS participant and volunteer numbers. We reached out to many others who share our passion for
nurturing global citizens through the Petition for a Global Expansion of Youth Exchange
Programs and the World Peace Forum.
We used the many celebrations of this anniversary to renew our dedication to building a vibrant worldwide community; a community that shares the AFS vision for a better world. This
vision is based on promoting a global dialogue that is marked by an understanding of what
we share as members of the human race, while acknowledging and honoring the differences
that make us strong as separate and distinct cultures.
In just a few years after the AFS Scholarship Program was established in 1946, young citizens
of nations who had until recently engaged in bitter conflict during the Second World War,
began arriving in the United States to spend an AFS year with American host families and to
study in local high schools, supported by local volunteers.
The AFS volunteer community and the ongoing development of volunteer-based organizations remain at the heart of AFS worldwide. This community supports the lifelong intercultural learning experiences of all of its members, while contributing to the building of strong
civil societies within each Partner country.
Today, AFS has exchanges among 80 countries around the world and the strength and vigor
of this organization is still channeled and sustained by our volunteers and by our determination to create a more just and peaceful world, where difference is embraced as a source of
strength.
J. Brian Atwood
Francisco “Tachi” Cazal
Chair, Board of Trustees
President and CEO
About AFS
AFS began as the American Field Service in World Wars I and II, when nearly 5,000 young men volunteered as ambulance
drivers. In WWI they served in France and the Balkans and in WWII they served in Europe, the Middle East, North Africa,
India and Burma. In 1919, AFS Fellowships for French universities were established and a total of 222 fellowships were
awarded between 1919 and 1952. After WWII, the drivers, under the leadership of Stephen Galatti, organized the first AFS
secondary student exchanges in 1947 to build international understanding and peace through the contact of ordinary
citizens.
AFS Statement of Purpose
AFS is an international, voluntary, non-governmental, nonprofit organization that provides intercultural learning opportunities to help people develop the knowledge, skills and understanding needed to create a more just and peaceful world.
The Core Values and Attributes of AFS
AFS enables people to act as responsible global citizens working for peace and understanding in a diverse world. It acknowledges that peace is a dynamic concept threatened by injustice, inequity and intolerance.
AFS seeks to affirm faith in the dignity and worth of every human being and of all nations and cultures. It encourages respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms without distinction as to race, sex, language, religion or social status.
AFS activities are based on our core values of dignity, respect for differences, harmony, sensitivity and tolerance.
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A Year of
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Almost 13,000 individuals participated in AFS exchange programs in 2007, representing an
increase of ten percent over the 2006 participant totals and the largest increase from one
year to the next in the recent history of AFS. The growth in participant numbers was due in
large part to successful AFS Partner organization collaborations with national and regional
governments.
AFS Japan is participating in the Japan-East Asia Network of Exchange for Students and
Youths Program (JENESYS). The program, announced by the Japanese government in January 2007, will allow students from the Asia-Pacific region to visit Japan for short-term intercultural exchange programs. The goal of JENESYS is to create strong solidarity among Asian
countries by promoting mutual understanding through youth exchange within the region. In
2007, AFS Japan hosted 600 participants and 60 teachers on short-term programs and 60
participants on one-year programs under the auspices of the JENESYS initiative.
In August 2007, the European Federation for Intercultural Learning (EFIL), the umbrella organization of AFS in the region, coordinated the exchange of 294 European students on a
three- to six-month learning experience within Europe. The students were participating in a
pilot project on pupil mobility sponsored by the European Commission. EFIL, along with subcontractor European Educational Exchanges-YFU, was awarded the tender for the preparation of this new European Commission individual pupil mobility project.
In 2007, the AFS Network reached a total of nearly 37,000 active volunteers, an increase of
seven percent from the previous year. As one of the largest volunteer-based organizations in
the world, AFS welcomed the growth in its volunteer ranks.
With each additional young person who goes on an intercultural learning experience and
with each new volunteer who commits to supporting a quality exchange experience, AFS is
promoting the creation of a culture of mutual understanding and appreciation among host
families, volunteers, participants, host schools and communities across the globe; these are
personal bonds forged across cultures that in many instances last for a lifetime. AFS is passionate about multiplying the prospects of creating such valuable opportunities for true intercultural learning.
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AFS has joined efforts with many other like-minded organizations throughout its history. We
know that to be most effective, we need to work with others. The year 2007, the 60th anniversary of the founding of the AFS high school exchange program, was remarkable in the
nature of AFS’s outreach efforts. Key events in 2007 included a global Petition Drive and the
World Peace Forum.
AFS sponsored the Petition for a Global Expansion of Educational Youth Exchange Programs.
Hundreds of thousands of individuals from more than 200 countries signed the Petition. More
than 80 like-minded organizations worldwide signed up as friends and supporters of the Petition. This initiative further highlighted the critical importance of supporting youth exchanges
and intercultural learning.
On October 27, 2007, AFS hosted a World Peace Forum in New York. J. Brian Atwood, chair of
the Board of Trustees of AFS Intercultural Programs, summarized the spirit of the event in his
opening address when he said that “Peace is a state of mind. The best way to acquire it is to
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see the world through the eyes of others. So go forward from this place with a commitment
to close the gaps—cultural and otherwise—that present the biggest obstacles to international
understanding. Go forward and offer your personal testimony; advocate for peace through
understanding.” Attended by almost 800 people, the World Peace Forum was the key event
of the AFS 60th anniversary celebration.
pants in 2007, an experience that, once begun, will play out over a lifetime. AFS thrives on its
connections with those who want to invest in providing more opportunities for intercultural
learning exchanges in all the variety of the world’s cultural contexts.
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our participants. In seeking strategic alliances to increase access to our programs, we do so
knowing that AFS participants benefit from an exchange experience that has been found by
rigorous independent research studies to help develop valuable intercultural skills and competencies.
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organization strong and able to continue to improve the programs, services and support provided to participants; to do ongoing research and training; to increase the diversity of participants and ensure that we have strong Partner organizations in each country in which we offer
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Men and women who began their international careers as AFS students now play a major role as diplomats and governmental dignitaries.
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and government services of their countries.
Frances Adamson
High Commissioner of Australia to
the United Kingdom
Hamidon Ali
Ambassador of Malaysia to the
United Nations
Emilia Alvarez Navarro
Ambassador of Costa Rica to
Canada
Markús Örn Antonsson
Ambassador of Iceland to Canada
Kofi Konadu Apraku
Member of the Parliament, Ghana
Jose Vicente de Sá Pimentel
Ambassador of Brazil to South Africa
Jessie Duarte
Ambassador, Deputy Director
General for Multilateral Affairs,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
South Africa
William A. Eaton
Ambassador of the United States
to Panama
Jan Eliasson
UN Secretary General’s Special
Envoy for Darfur; Former President,
UN General Assembly
Jorge Argüello
Ambassador of Argentina to the
United Nations
Shigeru Endo
Ambassador of Japan to Tunisia
Ravinatha P. Aryasintha
Minister of Information, Embassy of
Sri Lanka to the United States
Berit Enge
Minister Counsellor, Permanent
Mission of Norway to the United
Nations
Beatrice Ask
Minister of Justice, Sweden
Frederico Duque Estrada Meyer
Ambassador of Brazil to Kazakhstan
Hatem Attalah
Ambassador of Tunisia to Ethiopia
Fabio Fabbri
Ambassador of Italy to the Ukraine
Joe Baidoe-Ansah
Minister of Trade, Industry and
Presidential Special Initiative, Ghana
Guy Féaux de la Croix
Deputy Ambassador of Germany
to Greece
Gerardo M. Biritos
Ambassador, Permanent Member,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Argentina
Wilfried Bolewski
Ambassador, German Foreign
Office Special Representative for
Universities and Foundations
Christopher Bo Bramsen
Chief of Protocol, Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, Denmark
James C. Cason
to Paraguay
Cholchineepan Chiranond
Ambassador of Thailand to
Denmark
Poul Skytte Christoffersen
Head of Cabinet of EU Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel
Hans Dahlgren
Ambassador of Sweden to the
United Nations in Geneva
Dámaso de Lario-Ramírez
Ambassador of Spain to Venezuela
Denis Feldmeyer
Ambassador of Switzerland to
Norway and Iceland
Antonio Fernández Teixido
Member of the Catalan Parliament,
Spain
Ricardo Fiegelist Schmidt
Ambassador of Chile to Syria
Volker Fink
Ambassador of Germany to
Costa Rica
César Gaviria
Chief, Colombian Liberal Party;
Former Secretary General, The
Organization of American States;
Former President of Colombia
Michael Geier
Ambassador of Germany to
Bulgaria
Guillermo González
Ambassador, Member of International Civil Service Commission,
United Nations, Argentina
Yoshiaki Harada
Senior Vice Minister of Education,
Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan
Khaled Abdel Rahman Hassan
Counsellor, Embassy of Egypt in
Kuwait
Nils Haugstveit
Ambassador of Norway to
Argentina
Jorge Hernández Alcerro
Minister of Government and Justice
of Honduras
Hannu Himanen
Under Secretary of State, Ministry
of Foreign Affairs, Finland
Matei Hoffmann
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Germany to the OECD
Matthias Höpfner
Ambassador of Germany to Canada
Kuniko Inoguchi
Member of the House of Representatives, Japan
Wolfgang Ischinger
Ambassador of Germany to the
United Kingdom
Tetsuo Ito
Ambassador of Japan to
Kazakhstan
Eric G. John
to Thailand
Toshio Kaitani
Consul General of Japan in
Khabarovsk, Russia
Yoriko Kawaguchi
Member of the House of Councillors, Former Minister of Foreign
Affairs, Japan
Zalmay Khalilzad
Ambassador of the United States to
the United Nations
Vimon Kidchob
Ambassador of Thailand to Chile
Shinichi Kitajima
Ambassador of Japan to the United
Nations in Geneva
Hans-Ulrich Klose
Deputy Chairman, Foreign Relations Committee of the German
Bundestag
Maija Lähteenmäki
Ambassador of Finland to Spain
and Andorra
Christine Lagarde
Minister of the Economy, Industry
and Employment, France
Hans Fredrik Lehne
Ambassador of Norway to Madagascar
José Angel López Jorrin
Ambassador in Special Mission for
the 2007 Spanish Presidency of the
OSCE, Spain
Gunnar Lund
Ambassador of Sweden to France
Ragne Birte Lund
Ambassador, Global Initiatives on
Child Rights and Protection, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway
Esther S. Malamud
Minister of Cultural Affairs, Ministry
of Foreign Affairs, Argentina
Jose Antônio Marcondes de Carvalho
Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Brazil to the United
Nations FAO in Rome
Gregorio Martínez Garrido
Director of the Cabinet of Ministry
of Interior, Spain
Gabriele Matzner-Holzer
Ambassador of Austria to the
United Kingdom
Nick Minchin
Member of the Senate and Shadow
Minister for Defence, Australia
Kenjiro Monji
Ambassador of Japan to Iraq
Tadashi Nagai
Ambassador of Japan to Serbia and
Montenegro
James A. Naich
Ambassador, Deputy Chief of Mission of Micronesia to the United
States
Shigeru Nakamura
Ambassador of Japan to Saudi
Arabia
José Daniel Nasta
Honorary Consul General of Jordan
to Asunción, Paraguay
Paa Kwesi Nduom
Member of the Parliament, Ghana
Fernando de Mello Barreto Filho
Ambassador of Brazil to Australia
José Alfredo de Graça Lima
Ambassador, Consul General of
Brazil in New York
Hiroyasu Kobayashi
Consul General of Japan in Dubai,
United Arab Emirates
Ng Ser Miang
Ambassador of Singapore to Norway and Hungary
Anne E. Derse
to Azerbaijan
Åslaug Haga
Minister of Petroleum and Energy,
Norway
Yuji Kumamaru
Consul General of Japan in Shanghai, China
Seiichiro Noboru
Special Assistant to the Minister for
Foreign Affairs, Japan
Roberto Ochoa Madrid
Ambassador of Honduras to Italy
Gotaro Ogawa
Ambassador of Japan for Iraq Reconstruction
Eduardo Rodríguez Veltzé
Former President of Bolivia
Masamitsu Oki
Ambassador of Japan to Azerbaijan
and Georgia
Rainald Roesch
Minister Counsellor, Embassy of
Germany, London, United Kingdom
Christian Oldenburg
Ambassador of Denmark to the
Council of Europe
Elbio Rosselli Frieri
Ambassador of Uruguay to the
United Nations
Gerhard Pfanzelter
Ambassador of Austria to the
United Nations
Yasuo Saito
Ambassador of Japan to Russia
Ernesto Pfirter
Ambassador, Chief Executive, Foreign Relations Secretariat, Ministry
of Foreign Affairs, Argentina
Leela Ponappa
Deputy National Security Adviser,
India; Former Ambassador of India
to the Netherlands
Sérgio Abreu e Lima Florêncio
Sobrinho
Ambassador to the United Nations in
Geneva; Special Representative of the
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brazil
Nikolaus Scherk
Ambassador, Head of the Department of Asian Affairs, Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, Austria
Ole Lønsmann Poulsen
Ambassador of Denmark to India
Ivo Sieber
Minister Counsellor, Embassy of
Switzerland, Stockholm, Sweden
Penny Williams
High Commissioner of Australia to
Malaysia
Michael Sternberg
Ambassador of Denmark to Thailand
Hiroshi Yamaguchi
Consul General of Japan in Miami, USA
Madeleine Ströje-Wilkens
Ambassador of Sweden to Iceland
Motohide Yoshikawa
Ambassador of Japan to Spain
Amos Tincani
Ambassador, Head of Delegation of
the European Commission to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean
Guillermo Zúñiga
Minister of the Treasury of Costa Rica
Kim Traavik
Ambassador, Norwegian Permanent
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Toshinori Shigeie
Ambassador of Japan to Korea
Yasuhisa Shiozaki
Member of the House of Representatives, Japan
Percy Westerlund
Ambassador, Head of Delegation
of the European Commission to
Norway and Iceland
Roberto Toscano
Ambassador of Italy to Iran
Inger A. Segelström
Member of the European Parliament, Sweden
Sitthichai Pookaiyaudom
Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Thailand
Juan Prat
Ambassador for Mediterranean Affairs,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Spain
Nick Smith
Member of the Parliament, New Zealand
Reinhard Rack
Member of the European Parliament, Austria
Helmut Türk
Ambassador, Judge at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea,
Hamburg, Germany; Former Ambassador of Austria to the United States
Aladin Villacorte
Ambassador of Philippines to Iran
Maria Luiza Viotti
Ambassador of Brazil to the United
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Board, Executive Team and
Educational Advisory Council
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Dr. Kofi Apraku*
Accra, Ghana
Former Member of Parliament
Floria Arias
Turrialba, Costa Rica
Co-founder, Bufete Chaves & Arias
J. Brian Atwood (Chair)
Minnesota, USA
Dean, Humphrey Institute of Public
Affairs at the University of Minnesota
(ex officio)
New York, USA
President and Chief Executive Officer, AFS Intercultural Programs, Inc.
Dr. Hassan El Kalla
Cairo, Egypt
Chairman, Futures Educational
Systems
Eduardo Enmanuel*
Quito, Ecuador
CEO, PERTRALY S.A.
Maureen Erasmus
Surrey, England
ex-Global Head of GMI Corporate
Strategy, Merrill Lynch
Prof. Carlo Fusaro
Firenze, Italy
Professor, Università degli Studi di
Firenze
Francisco de la Fuente Guerra III
Makati City, Philippines
Vice President, Developing Markets
- ASEAN & Korea, S.C. Johnson
Christian A. Kurtén
Helsingfors, Finland
Nokia Networks (retired)
Gert Lucas* Konstanz, Germany
Independent consultant in
information technology
William “Bill” Meserve (Vice Chair)
Massachusetts, USA
Of Counsel, Ropes & Gray
Don “Mohan” Mohanlal
New Delhi, India
President and CEO, The Nand &
Jeet Khemka Foundation
Maleeratna Plumchitchom*
Bangkok, Thailand
Advisor to Thanachart Bank
and Thanachart Group
LIFE TRUSTEES
Ginny Radford
Auckland, New Zealand
Managing Director, Cobalt
Communications, Ltd.
Ernesto Rey Moreno
Bogota, Colombia
President, Links S.A.
Mietta Rodeschini
Bergamo, Italy
Corporate Attorney, Rodeschini
Group
Kerry Sin
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Managing Partner, Raja Ariff & Sin
Keith Stock
New York, USA
President, MasterCard Advisors
Yuzo Takada
Osaka, Japan
General Manager, Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
Ronaldo Veirano
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Founding Partner, Veirano
Advogados Associados
Steven Wallace* Wisconsin, USA
Founder and President of The
Omanhene Cocoa Bean Co.
Dr. Ulrich Weiss
Frankfurt, Germany
Former Member of the Board of
Deutsche Bank AG (retired)
Patrick Worms*
Brussels, Belgium
Senior Consultant
Aspect Public Relations
R. Müge Yüzüak
New York, USA
Chief of Staff, CitiBank, Global
Consumer Group International
* AFS gratefully acknowledges
the contributions made by these
trustees, who recently completed
their service.
Ward Chamberlin, Jr.**
Massachusetts, USA
President, Chamberlin Associates
Vice President and Managing
Director, Channel Thirteen/ WNET
(retired)
Norman C. Eddy**
New York, USA
Minister and Coordinator of East
Harlem Interfaith, United Church of
Christ (retired)
Arthur Howe, Jr.**
Connecticut, USA
President, AFS (1965-1971)
(retired)
Dr. Richard M. Hunt**
Massachusetts, USA
University Marshal, Harvard
University (retired)
Sachiye Kuwamoto
California, USA
Regional Director, Japanese-American Citizens League (retired)
Edwin R. Masback, Jr.**
New York, USA
President, Masback Hardware
Company (retired)
** World War II American Field
Service Ambulance Driver.
EXECUTIVE TEAM
President and Chief Executive
Officer
Dominik Scherrer
Chief Information and Consulting
Officer
Christine Vogel
Chief Development and Branding
Officer
Dr. Urs-Rainer von Arx
Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer
EDUCATIONAL ADVISORY
COUNCIL
Dipl.-Psych. Heike Abt
IKO-Institute for Cooperation
Management at the University of
Regensburg
Regensburg, Germany
Milton J. Bennett, Ph.D.
Executive Director,
The Intercultural
Development Research Institute
Hillsboro, Oregon, USA and
Milan, Italy
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Bolten
Professor of Intercultural
Business Communication
Universität Jena
Jena, Germany
Mitchell R. Hammer, Ph.D.
President IDI, LLC & Hammer
Consulting, LLC
Ocean Pines, Maryland, USA
Bruce La Brack, Ph.D.
Professor of Anthropology and
International Studies, School of
International Studies,
University of the Pacific
Stockton, California, USA
Dr. Roberto Ruffino
Secretary General,
Intercultura
Colle di Val d’Elsa, Siena, Italy
Andrea Sebben
Cross-cultural Training and
Psychology
Member of International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology
Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
Marianella Pirzio Biroli Sclavi
Professor of Ethnography and the
Art of Listening
Polytechnic University of Milan
Milan, Italy
Kumiko Torikai, Ph.D.
Professor, Graduate School
of Intercultural Communication
Rikkyo University
Tokyo, Japan
2006 AFS Worldwide Network
Balance Sheet (in US dollars)
ASSETS
Cash and Receivables
Investments
Property and Equipment
Other Fixed Assets
Prepaid Expenses and Deposits
TOTAL ASSETS
Statement of Activities
(in US dollars)
PROGRAM REVENUES
56,310,574
20,402,955
7,873,827
1,446,185
15,173,135
101,206,676
CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED
Corporations, Foundations and Government
Institutions
AFS Volunteer Local Network
Individual Donors
Other Fundraising Income
115,351,016
14,597,070
751,838
1,728,416
2,255,073
LIABILITIES
Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses
Mortgages
Loans
Deposits and Funds Held for Others and Deferred Income
Other Liabilities
TOTAL LIABILITIES
14,786,678
366,593
777,046
Interest and Other Revenues
TOTAL REVENUES
137,036,954
33,328,633
1,365,437
50,624,387
Program Expenses
Administrative Expenses
Interest and Other Expenses
(92,711,890)
(38,436,622) 1
(867,416)
NET ASSETS
Board Designated Funds
General Unrestricted Assets
Temporarily Restricted
Permanently Restricted
TOTAL NET ASSETS
22,930,581
13,735,564
8,660,057
5,256,087
50,582,289
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
2,353,541
TOTAL EXPENSES
(132,015,928)
SURPLUS (DEFICIT)
5,021,026
1 Administrative expenses include both program and administrative personnel costs.
101,206,676
AFS Intercultural Programs, Inc. (“AFS International”) is a not-for-profit organization incorporated under the laws of New
York State, USA, and is a tax-exempt organization under the Internal Revenue Code 501(c)(3) of the United States of America. AFS Partner organizations (“Partners”) are incorporated under the laws of the country in which they are located and
likewise prepare financial statements and tax reports as required by the jurisdictions in their respective countries.
Each Partner undergoes an annual fiscal audit and presents to AFS International a copy of the independent auditor’s opinion
along with its financial statements. While rules and regulations vary among Partner nations, audits generally follow standards
consistent with U.S. based GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles). The tables presented are not the result of an
audit performed by one firm but represent combined information from audits performed by a number of independent auditors around the world. The summary format of the tables reflects the combined financial activities in the AFS worldwide
Network of Partners. The information for 2006 has been gathered from the 2006 audited financial statements of 49 Partners
and includes AFS International. The 2007 figures presented on the opposite page are based on preliminary estimates, pending completion of annual audits around the world.
The projected increase in revenues from 2006 to 2007 is the reflection of both effective program growth and a noticeable
devaluation of the USD against many currencies in the course of the year. While unevenly distributed across the AFS Network, a combined surplus of approximately 3.7% of revenues for 2006 and 1.7% of projected revenues for 2007 will help
Partners build minimum financial reserves to guard against unexpected shortfalls and emergencies.
Dr. Urs-Rainer von Arx
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
2007 AFS Finances, Programs
and Affiliations
2007 AFS Worldwide Net Assets (in US dollars)
Asia, Pacific and Africa
The Americas (without USA)
45,719,568
22,725,253
29,797,298
10,215,163
Net Assets
15,922,270
12,510,090
6,264,712
5,427,123
USA*
23,652,797
6,765,049
16,887,748
AFS International
10,828,239
3,124,916
7,703,323
Worldwide Totals
114,617,692
56,167,138
58,450,554
M
D
AN
ER
AFRICA 26.4%
S
ICA
A
15.3%
9%
12.
Where AFS Participants Came From in 2007
Where AFS Participants Were Hosted in 2007
19.0% THE A
(in US dollars)
Total Revenues
Total Expenses
Net Results
Europe
64,639,383
62,569,021
2,070,362
Asia, Pacific and Africa
23,775,149
22,561,792
1,213,357
The Americas (without USA)
18,619,244
18,612,305
6,939
USA
29,635,414
30,155,373
-519,959
AFS International
15,729,210
15,896,224
-167,014
Worldwide Totals
152,398,400
149,794,715
2,603,685
ME
IC
22.8% ASIA, PACIF
A
FR
IC
2007 AFS Worldwide Operating Results
A
RI
CA
S
11,691,835
C
FI
CI
US
Europe
Total Liabilities
AS
IA
, P
A
TH
E
A
Total Assets
EUROPE 45.5%
D
AN
23.4% USA
34.8% EUROPE
AFS Participants in 2007
12,749
YOUTH
PROGRAMS
11,675
ADULT
PROGRAMS
1,074
Vocational
4
The 2007 figures presented in these tables are preliminary estimates provided by University-based
73
AFS Partners.
Educators
121
Volunteers
AFFILIATIONS
143
AFS has special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
of the United Nations and works with the Department of Public Information of the
United Nations. AFS is a participating member of the following international organizations: The Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research (SIETAR)
regional association, and the Commission on Voluntary Service and Action.
Language
Study
557
The European Federation for Intercultural Learning (EFIL) is the umbrella organization for AFS Partners in Europe. EFIL has consultative status with the Council of Europe and with UNESCO and is a member of the European Youth Forum. EFIL cooperates with and is a member of many European education and youth organizations.
School-based
10,035
* The total net assets amount reported for AFS-USA includes restricted net assets of
$15,378,000 which is primarily government grant funds that will be reduced by future
years’ expenditures.
AFS-USA is a founding member of the Alliance for International Education and Cultural Exchange, and serves on the board of directors of the Council on Standards for
International Educational Travel.
AFS Partner organizations in many countries maintain affiliations with their respective
national youth councils and other governmental and non-governmental organizations.
Community
Service
733
Homestay
1,083
AFS Donors Around the World
In addition to the many donors recognized below who have provided support for AFS programs during 2007, thousands of individuals,
schools and many other organizations and institutions who number too many to list here have also made invaluable contributions. AFS
wishes to express its sincere appreciation to all of them. AFS Partner organizations also regularly provide scholarships from their internal
resources to assist participants. Donors listed below have contributed US $1,000 or more in the past year.
International
Floria Arias
Brian Atwood
Thomas C. Benet
Robert B. Bottomley
Francisco Cazal
Ward Chamberlin, Jr.
G. Hallett Denton
Scott F. Engle
Eduardo Enmanuel
Maureen Erasmus
Jack Forté Foundation
Carson Gleberman
Crawford Gordon
Robert C. and Laura M. Hassler
Charitable Trusts
Henry Howard & U.S. Education
Finance Management Group
Deidre A. Huang
Intercultura (AFS Italy)
Ito Foundation, USA
J.S. McCarthy Printers
Richard S. Kaynor
Christian Kurten
Sachiye Kuwamoto
Christopher M. Little
William Meserve
MasterCard International
Gwendolyn L. Pemberton and
Ebbe Skovdal
Maleeratna Plumchitchom
George W. Perkins
Mietta Rodeschini
Mike Sherman
Sony USA Foundation
STA Travel
Cathleen and Keith Stock
The Frank Pace, Jr. Foundation Inc.
Urs-Rainer von Arx
Dr. Ulrich Weiss
Patrick Worms
Argentina
All Seasons
Altus Diseño
Baires Impresores S.A.
Mrs. Maria Teresa Basualdo
Mr. Alberto Raúl Castro
Mr. Fernando Castro
Miss Laura Copteleza
Mr. Alberto Elia
Fundación Cargill Argentina
Gerhard and Diana
Müller-Notti Family
GJ S.R.L. Tecnologías de la
Información
IBM Argentina
Mr. Stuart Israelson
Jockey Club de Tucumán
Miss Valentina Koifman
Lúa Chea Arte en accesorios
Mr. Sebastián Mattos
Mr. Juan Medici
Mr. Sebastian Mini
MSB & Asociados Estudio
de Traducción
Municipalidad de Rafaela
Neptuno Viajes
OgilvyOne Worldwide de
Argentina
Mr. Victor Oporto
Otto Bremer Foundation (USA)
Mr. Pablo Pecini
Petrolera Esso
Mr. Esteban Quiroga
Radio Taxi C.A.R.T.
Mr. Marcos Santa Cruz
SC Johnson
The United States Embassy
in Buenos Aires
Vasco Tour
Mr. Alexis Zlocowski
Australia
AFS Australia Volunteer States
& Local Groups
Anglo Coal Australia Pty Limited
ANZ Regional, Rural and Small
Business Banking
Commonwealth Department
of Defence
BlueScope Steel Limited
Clayton Utz
Commonwealth Bank of
Australia
Downer EDI Mining Pty Limited
Japan-Australia LNG
(MIMI) Pty Limited
JENESYS (AFS Japan)
J-Power Australia Pty Limited
Kamenori Foundation, Inc.
(Japan)
Kimberly-Clark Australia
Pty Limited
KPMG
Kraft Foods Limited
Leighton Holdings Limited
Linfox Pty Limited
Mitsui Coal Holdings Pty Limited
MyPlanet Australia Pty Limited
Optus Networks Pty Limited
PaperlinX Limited
Pratt Foundation
QR Limited
Rio Tinto Coal Australia Pty Limited
Rio Tinto WA Future Fund
Shop, Distributive and Allied
Employees Association
Simplot Australia Pty Limited
Sony Foundation Australia
The Port of Broome
Visy Industries
Water Corporation
Western Power
Austria
AFS Stipendienstiftung
Austrian Airlines
Austrian Federal Ministry
of Schools and Education
Evonik Industries AG (Germany)
Belgium
AFS Interculturele Programma’s vzw
Europese Overheid European
Funds EVS
Foundation AFS Stichting
Vlaamse Overheid, loonsubsidies
Fonds Sociale Maribel voor de
Socioculturele sector
Vlaamse Overheid, departement
Jeugd, subsidies
Jeugd, beurzen voor deelname
aan internationale initiatieven
Jeugd, loonsubsidies VIAakkoorden
AFS Programmes Interculturels
Belgian AFS Foundation
Bureau International de Jeunesse
de la Communauté française
Connections Travel
European Funds EVS
Fondation Chimay-La Wartoise
Gouvernement de la Région
Wallonne
Service Jeunesse du Ministère
de la Communauté française
de Belgique
Belgian AFS Foundation
Etex group
Fondation Roi Baudouin
– King Baudewijn Stichting
Fortis Foundation Belgium
Ministère des Affaires étrangères
– Ministerie van Buitenlandse
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Brazil
AFS Costa Rica
AFS Germany: Helga von
Hoffmann-Scholarship
AFS Thailand
Belo Viagens e Turismo Ltda.
Cargill Agricola
Cargill, Inc. (USA)
Esso Brasileira de Petroleo Ltda.
E-writing Metapress
Comunicação Ltda.
Voith Paper Máquinas e
Equipamentos Ltda.
Voith AG (Germany)
Canada
2857-8136 Qc. Inc/
Rest. Pasta Andrea
2975670 Canada Inc.
Ripan & Ashu Aggarwal
Jean-Marie Allard
Marie-Noelle Allard
Heather H. Amys
Melanie Archambault
Michel Arseneault
Laraine Ashpole
Richard Audet
Josee Barbeau
Helen Leousis Barker
Charles Bastien
Lise Beaudet Veilleux
Margo Beaudoin
Johanne Beaupre
Lise Beland Coderre
Nathalie Belanger
Normand Belanger
Murielle & Normand Besner
Brenna Biro
Jeffrey Biro
Ronald Blain
Lyse Boisvert
Brian Bourgault
Carole Boutin
Kevin Boyle
Debbie Britsky
Darlys Carlson McDonald
Denis Chayer
Madeleine Chayer
Perry Ciale
Denis Coderre
Chantal Cote
Diane Cote
Joanne Cote
Yolaine Coulombe
Yvon Langlais, Courant Plus
Melvyn Courchesne
Jean Cournoyer
François Coutu
Terry Cripotos
Steve Daigle
Manon Deblois
Yvan Demers
Raymond Denis
Andre Deschamps
Colette Deschenes
Christine Deshaies
Louis Desjardins
Danielle Dube
Sylvie Dube
Jean-Yves Dugas
Claude Duquette
Christian Elie
Lucie Emery
Michael Farmer
Fiducie ALLR
Gisele Fournier
Myriam Fraser
Michael E. Freeman
Diane Gagnon
Isabelle Genereux
Johanne Girardin
Blair M. Gordon
Kathryn Gordon
Roger Grenon
Matthew Grogono
Martine Guilmain
Benoit Guimond
Anne Hudon
Novlet Hylton
Susan Irving
Lorraine J. Jacques
Michel Kelly
Kindersley District Credit
Union Ltd.
Paget & Cecilie King
Laboratoire Montarville
Line Lacasse
Lise Lacasse
Francine Lacerte
François Lagace
Benoit Laliberte
Pierre Laliberte
Florence Landry
Jean Langelier
Sylvie Lapointe
Andre Latour
Jean Latreille
Martin Laurendeau
Sylvie Laurendeau
Guylaine Leclerc
Martin Lefebvre
Andre Lemay
Andre Levesque
Ghislain Levesque
Hugh Lloyd
Sylvie Loslier
Mafesa Consultants Ltd.
France Mainville
Sylvie Marchand
Richard Masse
Sigrun McCarthy
Marvin McDonald
Beverley A. McFadden
Brian McFadden
Michele Menard
Edith Mercier
Danielle Michaud
Aline Montplaisir
Lina Munger
Lise Niquette
Jean Noel
Francine & Jean-Claude
Ohayon-Rubier
Lucie Ouellet
Renelle Ouellet
Elaine Ouimet
Francois Ouimet
Guy Paille
Gordon Parks
Christian Pedneault
Fabienne Peloquin
Patricia Pineault
Praise Cathedral Workship
Centre
Lyne Primeau
Marie-Andree Rancourt
Patsie Ranger
Nicole Raymond
Jean-Louis Reid
Guy Remillard
Marcel Robert
Serge Robitaille
Lise Rochefort
Dorothee Rondeau
Chantal Roy
Ninon Rozon
Jeanette Savage
Philip Savage
Service Medical Prive
Dominique Simard
Jean-Baptiste Sirois
Rodger & Faye Smith
Stelectrix a/s Stephane Lauzon
Denis St-Ours
Dan Sturgeon
Donald Sturgeon
The Toronto-Dominion Bank
Marie-Andree Therrien
Line Trepanier
Normand Trodechaud
Serge Vadnais
Rodrigue Vigneault
Chile
Banco de Crédito e Inversiones
Beca Martina Jiménez D.
Dr. Cristián Harris Riveros
China
BlueScope Steel (Australia)
(Japan)
Ministry of Education of Japan
Ministry of Education of
New Zealand
Obama City (Japan)
Stiftung Mercator GmbH
(Germany)
Colombia
Beiersdorf
COMFACAUCA
EPSA
Productos Roche S.A.
Costa Rica
AFS Malaysia
AFS Japan
Juan Carlos Chavez Mora
Deloitte & Touche S.A.
Ex Participants
(Generation 1976-1977)
Omar Gutierrez
Czech Republic
AFS Interculturele Programma’s
vzw (Belgium)
AFS Intercultural Programs
(Bolivia)
AFS Interkulturelle Begegnungen
e.V. (Germany)
(Belgium)
Czech-Germany Future Fund
Vladimír Dostál
LANDESSTIFTUNG BadenWürttemberg gGmbH
(Germany)
Ministry of Education of BadenWürttemberg (Germany)
PONY AUTO trend, s.r.o.
Stiftung “Erinnerung,
Verantwortung und Zukunft”
(Germany)
Denmark
Danish Lotto Fund
EU Youth Programme
Ministry of Education
Egypt
AFS Interculturele Programma’s
vzw (AFS Belgium)
AFS Malaysia
AFS Norway
AFS Switzerland
AFS Thailand
AFS USA, Inc.
American Cairo College
Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean
Foundation for the Dialogue
between Cultures
City of Stuttgart (Germany)
Dr. Hassan El Kalla
El Minia Experimental School
El Quds American Schools
Future American Schools
Mr. Ishac George
Governorate of Cairo
Governorate of El Minia
Leaders Language Schools
Misr 2000 School
Misr Language Schools
Modern Schools of Egypt 2000
Nefertary Language School
Pioneers Language Schools
Port Said International School
Port Said Language School
Saint Joseph’s School
St. Vincent School
U.S. Department of State,
Bureau of Educational and
Cultural Affairs
European Federation for
Intercultural Learning (EFIL)
Belgian Federal Government
Council of Europe
European Commission DG
Education and Culture
Finland
Anja Luukanen Fund
Finnair
Hannes Snellman Attorneys
at Law Ltd.
(Germany)
National Board of Education
NOKIA
France
Annette Kade Charitable Trust (USA)
Conseil Général des Bouches
du Rhône
Conseil Régional Provence
Alpes Côte d’Azur
Crédit Mutuel
Ferrero SpA (Italy)
(Germany)
Ville de Marseille
Germany
Diversity Scholarship Fund
AFS Internationale
Stipendien-München e.V.
AFS Stiftung für Interkulturelle
Begegnungen
Alfred Toepfer Stiftung F.V.S.
Alpha Stiftung zur Förderung
von Ausbildung, Forschung,
Kunst und Kultur
Dr. Dirk Baier Stiftung
Reinhard Bartsch
Bayerischer Landesjugendring
Bayerisches Staatsministerium
für Unterricht und Kultus
Beiersdorf AG
Berufsbildungswerk Philipp
Jakob Wieland
Michael Beseler
Bingo! Die Umweltlotterie
BLANCO GmbH + Co. KG
Meinolf Blessenohl
Annemarie und Helmut Börner
Stiftung
Robert Bosch Stiftung GmbH
BP Foundation
Christoph Breitenströter
Bürgerstiftung Leverkusen Eine Initiative von Stadt und
Sparkasse
Bundesministerium für Familie,
Senioren, Frauen und Jugend
Bundesamt für den Zivildienst
Callcompany Telekommunikationsdienste GmbH
Checkpoint Charlie Stiftung
Citibank Privatkunden
AG & Co. KGaA
Clariant Verwaltungsgesellschaft GmbH
Daimler AG
Deutsche Bank AG
Deutsche Bank Stiftung
Deutscher Bundestag
Stiftung Deutsch Russischer
Jugendaustausch
Deutsch-Tschechischer
Zukunftsfonds
Jochen Düll
Stiftung Dorothee und
Felix Elgeti
E.ON Mitte-Stiftung
Stiftung „Erinnerung,
Verantwortung und Zukunft“
Europäische Union
Evonik Industries AG
Ferrero MSC GmbH & Co. KG
Insa Fooken
Dr. Meinhard Forster
Forum Region Stuttgart e.V.
Gemeinnütziges Kinder - und
Jugendhilfswerk Wurzen e.V.
und LIONS Club Wurzen
“Graf Lindenau”
Oliver Hartmann
Homena - Hetz Educational
Foundation, Inc.
Dr. K. Hüttner
Infraserv GmbH & Co. Höchst KG
Marlene Ippen
James-F.-Byrnes-Institut e.V.
– Deutsch-Amerikanisches
Zentrum
Susanne Jaspers
Ida und Richard Kaselowsky
Stiftung
Gerwald Kern
Holger Klein
Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau
(KfW) - ERP-Transatlantik
Programm
Kronos GmbH
Land Baden-Württemberg
Regierungspräsidium Stuttgart
Landesamt für Versorgung und
Soziales des Landes
Sachsen-Anhalt
Landesbank BadenWürttemberg
Stiftung Landesbank BadenWürttemberg
Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart
Projektmittelfonds
„Zukunft der Jugend“
Landeszentrale für politische
Bildung des Landes
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
LIONS Club Germersheim
Stiftung van Meeteren
Maria Merz
Metropolregion Rhein-Neckar
GmbH
Eckart Meusel
Marga und Kurt Möllgaard
Stiftung
Gerhard Müller
MV Marketing GmbH
Dr. Bernd Neugebauer
Novartis Behring GmbH & Co.
Sigrid Obenland
Hartwig Pohlmann
Rosemarie Popp
Putz & Partner
Unternehmensberatung AG
Inge Rauschning
Ursula Reck
Ingrid Richter
Saint Gobain Isover G+H AG
Gabriele Salmann-Tork
Sanofi Aventis Deutschland
GmbH
SAP AG
Karla Schatzschneider
John Schmid
Dieter Schwarz Stiftung gGmbH
Stadtjugendring Stuttgart e.V.
Gerlinde und Ulrich Stöckel
Ingrid Strube
Südzucker AG
Heike Szebrat
Barbara Thies
Thyssen Krupp Steel AG
Travelzoo Foundation (USA)
TUI AG
Dr. Günter Umbach
Voith AG
Dr. Ulrich Weiss
Fred Wenzel
Adolf Würth GmbH & Co. KG
Carl Zeiss AG
ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und
Gerd Bucerius
Wolf-Sebastian Zylka
Ghana
AFS Iceland
AFS Japan
AFS Switzerland
AFS USA, Inc.
Mr. Sam Aboah
Ms. Sheila Acquah-Asare
Mr. Philip Addison
Mr. Emmanuel Alex Asiedu
Mrs. Leonora Awua-Kyerematen
Ms. Doris Bramson
Mr. Joe Baidoe-Ansah
Mr. Dela Heymann
Mr. Joseph Jectey Asare
Hon. Stephen Kwaku Balado
Manu
Rev. Lt. Col. Kwasi Oteng (Rtd)
Mr. John Kwesi Sagoe
Mr. Vincent Noora
Mr. Mawuli Tse
Cultural Affairs
Guatemala
AFS Japan
Honduras
Cargill, Inc. (USA)
Scholarship Fund, AFS Honduras
Association
Hong Kong
Arthur Samy Memorial Fund
Bank of East Asia
Joseph Bosco
Cargill Hong Kong Limited
Scott Engle
Sally Ferguson
Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C.
Ho Kai Yin, Anthony
Hongkong Land Limited
Deirdre Allison Huang
(Japan)
KPMG
Ng Yat Chiu, Daniel
S. H. Leung & Co.
Mike Sherman
(Germany)
Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited
The Dairy Farm Company Limited
The Hong Kong & China Gas
Company Limited
The Hong Kong and Shanghai
Banking Corp Ltd.
The Hong Kong Jockey Club
Charities Trust
Tsang Hoi Kee, Iris
Wong Lai Ping
Graham Young
Hungary
CIB Bank Nyrt.
Európai Roma Jogok Központja
Alapítvány
(Germany)
Iceland
Deloitte & Touche
Glitnir
Iceland Excursions Allrahanda
Prentmet
Prentsmiðjan Hjá GuðjónÓ
SPRON
The City of Reykjavík
The Ministry of Education,
Science and Culture
The White House
India
AFS Intercultural Programs, Inc.
JENESYS (AFS Japan)
NEXT50 Fund (AFS Japan)
(Japan)
AFS USA, Inc.
Mr. Sidhart Pathak
Cultural Affairs
Indonesia
AFS Interkulturelle Begegnungen
e.V. (AFS Germany)
AFS Japan
AFS USA, Inc.
Kamenori Foundation, Inc. (Japan)
PT. Krama Yudha Tiga
Berlian Motors
(Germany)
The Government of Japan/The
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Cultural Affairs
Italy
A.M.S. Srl
Alenia Aeronautica SpA
AliGroup SpA
Allianz SpA
Anita Estetica
Associazione Regionale
Sarda Intercultura
Azienda del Gas di Ivrea
Banca di Credito Cooperativo
Reggiano
Banco di Credito P. Azzoaglio
SpA
Banco di S.Giminiano e S.
Prospero
Barilla SpA
Beiersdorf SpA
Benetton Group SpA
BNL – Area Territorial
Toscana e Umbria
Bondioli & Pavesi SpA
BPU X Banca Popolare di
Bergamo
Cassa di Risparmio della
Provincia de L’Aquila
Cassa di Risparmio di Parma e
Piacenza - Crédit Agricole
Centro di Terapia Cognitiva Srl
Check-Up Service
Comenius Individual Pupil
Mobility
Compagnia di San Paolo
Comune di Baceno
Comune di Calco
Comune di Crema
Comune di Crevoladossola
Comune di Crodo
Comune di Formazza
Comune di Gravellona Toce
Comune di Gressoney Saint-Jean
Comune di Nola
Comune di Santa Teresa di
Gallura
Comune di Tempio Pausania
Comune di Terralba
Comune di Trento
Comunità Montana no. 3 Gallura
Degussa Chimica SpA
Deutsche Bank
F.A.R. – Fabbrica Adesivi
Resine SpA
Ferrero SpA
Fitech Srl
Fondazione ASM
Fondazione Banco di Sardegna
Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio
della Provincia de L’Aquila
di Bologna
di Bolzano
di Cesena
di Gorizia
di La Spezia
di Trento e Rovereto
Fondazione CRT
Fondazione Pietro Manodori
Fondazione Varrone – Cassa di
Risparmio di Rieti
Fondo Maurizio Oneglio
Growermetal Srl
Gruppo Telecom Italia SpA
Intercultura – Golden Club
Intesa Sanpoalo SpA
Ippodromi & Città
Marina Pallaver
Micron Technology Italia Srl
Provincia dell’Ogliastra
Provincia di Cremona
Provincia di Mantova
Provincia di Oristano
Provincia di Treviso
RCS MediaGroup SpA
Regione Autonoma Sardegna
Regione Autonoma Valle d’Aosta
Regione Baden - Wuerttenberg
Regione Basilicata
Regione Campania
Tecton
Telespazio SpA
Thales Alenia Space Italia SpA
TNT Post Services Srl
Unibell International Srl
Unione Industriali di Como
Vecomp Srl
Vimi Fasterners Spa
Japan
ACOM Co., Ltd.
Akita Prefectural Board of
Education
American Express Foundation
Mr. Hideyuki Aoki
ASEAN Foundation
Association of International
Education, Japan/UNESCO
CHUBU Electric Power Company,
Inc.-Shizuoka
Mr. Masaomi Deguchi
Friends of AFS Japan
Fukuoka-shi Kyoiku Shinkokai
Fund Creation Co., Ltd.
The Gibraltar Life Insurance Co.,
Ltd.
Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Hamamatsu
Mr. Akira Imada
Mr. Yuichi Imasato
Mr. Shouzou Ito
Itoh Foundation (USA)
JAL Academy Co., Ltd.
JAL Card, Inc.
JAL Logistics, Inc.
Japan Australia LNG (MIMI)
Pty. Ltd. (Australia)
The Japan Foundation
JINTEC Corporation
JT Inc.
JTB Corporation
Ms. Yuko Kaji
Mr. Takaharu Kakehi
Ms. Noriko Kameda
Mr. Akio Katsuragi
Mr. Katsuya Kimura
Ms. Yoshiko Kinoshita
Ms. Junko Kojima
Ms. Akiko Kokubo
Komatsu City
Language House, Inc.
LINGUABANK, Inc.
Ministry of Education, Culture,
Sports, Science and
Technology
of Japan
Mitsubishi Corporation
Mr. Yutaka Mizukoshi
The Morita Scholarship
Foundation
Moshi-moshi Kodomo Clinic
Ms. Michiko Murasugi
Nagaoka Kome Hyappyo
Foundation
Nagasaki Iin-Medical Corporation
National Federation of
Workers and Consumers
Insurance Cooperatives
-Shizuoka
Niigata City International
Exchange Foundation
Nikko Hotels International
Ms. Hiroko Nishida
Obama City
Odyssey Communications, Inc.
Okahata & Co., Ltd.
Onomichi City
SANCO．TRUST, Inc.
Sasakiku Yakuhin Co., Ltd.
Mr. Shuhei Sato (USA)
Mr. Shuji Sato
Mr. Katsuhiro Sekino
Mr. Kazuhiro Shinohara
Mr. Hidetoshi Shintani
Shizuoka Kinrosha Shinyou
Kikin Kyokai
Shizuoka Labor Bank
Shizuoka Shinkin Bank
Sony Foundation of
Science Education
SPUTNIK International Japan
Mr. Shouichi Suzuki
Suzuyo & Co., Ltd.
SWEDEN HOUSE Co., Ltd.
Taguchi Fukujukai Foundation
Tokyo Electric Power Company,
Inc. - Numazu
Uozu City
U.S. Embassy in Japan
Ms. Yumi Yama
YAMAHA Corporation
Yamato Denki Seisakusho
Co., Ltd.
Ms. Mikie Yumoto
Anonymous (1)
Latvia
(Germany)
Stiftung “Erinnerung,
Verantwortung und Zukunft”
(Germany)
Malaysia
ASEAN Foundation (Japan)
BlueScope Steel Ltd. (Australia)
Japan-ASEAN Integration Fund
JENESYS (AFS Japan)
(Japan)
Microsoft (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd
Ministry of Education Malaysia
Ministry of Education,
Culture, Sports and Science
(Japan)
(Japan)
(Germany)
Cultural Affairs
Yayasan ABM
New Zealand
Aerolineas Argentinas
AFS Educational Trust
AFS New Zealand Chapters
AFS South Auckland
Counties Chapter
Asia: New Zealand Foundation
Child Cancer Foundation
Fletcher Building Employee
Educational Fund
Friends of AFS
Hayden Wayne Yarrall Trust
JENESYS (AFS Japan)
Lufthansa Airlines
Mana Community Grants
Foundation
Maori Education Trust
Mrs. Olive Stoddard
New Zealand Post Group
Orbit Corporate Travel
S L Ball
S Spar Ltd.
The Sargood Bequest
Yarrow South Charitable Trust
Youth For Understanding
(YFU) New Zealand
Norway
Barne- og
likestillingsdepartementet
Kultur- og kirkedepartementet
McDonald’s Norge A/S
NORAD (The Norwegian Agency
for Development Cooperation)
Nord-Trøndelag Elektrisitetsverk
STA Travel
Members and volunteers of AFS
Norway
Paraguay
1956 Returnee Scholarship Fund
(AFS Japan)
MacFalane Foundation
UNESCO - Japan Subsidized
Scholarship Program
Peru
Agencia de Aduana Ultramar S.A.
Minera Barrick Misquichilca S.A.
Philippines
AFS Argentina
AFS Hong Kong
AFS Japan
AFS Philippines Chapters
AFS Thailand
AFS USA, Inc.
AIG Philam Savings Bank
Akiko’s Wish Scholarship (Japan)
Dr. Eleanor Beltran
Mrs. Janet Canillas
Cargill, Inc. (USA)
CEMG The Event Specialist
Department of Education
(DepEd), Center for Student &
Co-curricular Affairs
Department of Foreign Affairs
(DFA)
Mr. Hector Dimacali
First Philippine Industrial Park
Fund Creation Co., Ltd. (Japan)
Mr. Francisco Guerra
Mrs. Rahiema Guerra
Globe Telecom
Gran Vin Wines
Mr. Henry Howard
JENESYS (AFS Japan)
Leighton Company
Local Government Unit of
General Santos City
Local Government Unit of the
City of Makati
Local Government Unit of the
City of Mandaluyong
Manila Bulletin
Mary Grace Foods, Inc.
Mayor Binay Jejomar
Metro Stonerich Corporation
National Commission on
Indigineous People (NCIP)
National Commission on the
Welfare of Disabled Persons
(NCWDP)
National Economic Development
Authority (NEDA)
Novellino Wines
Office of the President of the
Republic of the Philippines,
Malacañang Palace
Office on Muslim Affairs
Mrs. Leah Ponio
Qatar Airways
Seair
Tai Chi Wellness Products
Cultural Affairs
U.S. Embassy in Manila
Unitel Productions
Portugal
IPJ - Instituto Português da
Juventude
Russia
“Afanasiy” Ltd.
KMB BANK, Intesa Sanpaolo
group (Russia)
(Germany)
Ministry of Education, Culture,
Sport, Science and Technology
of Japan
PrimaVera Touristic Company
Slovakia
Dr. Igor Kovac
(Germany)
Pekaren Casta
JUDr. Jaroslav Ruzicka
VUB/Intesa San Paolo Italy
South Africa
Beth Cohen & Christopher Chazin
InterNations
Spain
Instituto Nacional de Juventud
(INJUVE)
(Germany)
Travelzoo Foundation (USA)
Switzerland
Urs & Ursina Aeberhardt
Fredy Diener & Gisela Aeschbach
Beiersdorf
Georges Burki
City of Aarau
City of Solothurn
Department of Education,
Culture and Sport
- Canton Aargau
Family-Vontobel-Foundation
Federal Social Insurance Office
Switzerland - Childhood, Youth
and Old-Age Affairs Section
Martin Hasenfratz &
Renate Klaiber Hasenfratz
Rainer Heuberger
Municipality of Sion and Bramois
Karl Popper Foundation
Lonza
Johann Jakob Rieter Foundation
Rieter Holding AG
Swiss Aid of Mountain Dwellers/
Schweizer Berghilfe
Swiss International Airlines
Jürg Witmer
Thailand
American Chamber of
Commerce in Thailand
ASEAN Association of Southeast
Asian National Secretariat
American University Alumni
Language Center (AUA)
AUA Nakhonratchasima
Big C Supercenter Public
Company Limited
Chevron Thailand Exploration
and Production, Ltd.
Diethelm Limited
Embassy of the United States
of America
Esso (Thailand) Public Company
Limited (Distribution)
ExxonMobil Exploration and
Production Khorat Inc.
ExxonMobil Limited (HRSC)
Global Fleet Sales Company
Limited/R.M. Asia Trading
Japan ASEAN Exchange Projects
(JAEP)
Japan ASEAN General Exchange
Fund (JAGEF)
JENESYS (AFS Japan)
Kamenori Foundation, Inc. (Japan)
KASIKORN BANK
Mattel Bangkok Ltd.
Ministry of Culture of Thailand
Ministry of Education of Thailand
Ministry of Education,
Culture, Sports, Science and
Technology of Japan
of Japan
of Thailand
Nakhonratchasima Chamber
of Commerce
Regional English Language
Program - Embassy of the
United States of America
Siam Commercial Bank Public
Company Limited
Srithai Superware Public
Company Limited
(Germany)
Thai Airways International
Public Company Limited
The Japan Foundation, Bangkok
Tourism Authority of Thailand
Tri Petch Isuzu Sales Co., Ltd.
The FSN Community/Embassy
of the United States of America
Cultural Affairs
Turkey
HSBC
(Germany)
Cultural Affairs
United States
The Abington Foundation
Janice M. Abraham
James Abruzzo
William Ackman
AFS Hong Kong
AFS Philippines
AFS Thailand
Ross D. Ain
Altria Group, Inc.
American Turkish Society
Cynthia C. Amitin
Mr. and Mrs. John C. Anderson
Mr. Richard C. Anderson
Melinda and Walter Andrews
Annette Kade Fund
Anonymous (8 donors)
Art and Martha Kaemmer
Fund of the HRK Foundation
Estate of Thomas Barbour
Bardoli Global
Katherine M. Basile
Anwyl Bates and The Estate
of D. Lane Bates
Mr. Mark E. Beck
Eric D. Becker
Stephen R. Beckwith
Darrell W. Behnke
Thomas C. Benet
Janet M. Bennett
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Bicket
Penelope and John H. Biggs
Alfred Blessing
BlueScope Steel
Anne and James Bodnar
Mr. and Mrs. Jan P. Bojö
Mr. and Mrs. C. Hunter Boll
Mr. Robert B. Bottomley
Dr. and Mrs. Charles R. Bowlus
Peggy M. Boyles
Jill M. Brethauer and
David A. Samuel
Martha and Walter Brethauer
Mr. and Mrs. William F. Brock
Ms. Doris T. Brown
Robert T. Brown
Mr. and Mrs. Kirk Browning
Ms. Virginia V. Burgess
Donald G. Calder
Woodrow W. Campbell
Mr. and Mrs. John B. Canning
The Capital Group
Companies, Inc.
Cargill, Inc.
Caroline J.S. Sanders
Charitable Trust
Till and Ron Cartwright
Mr. and Mrs. Frank P. Carvey, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Case
Caterpillar Foundation
Laurent J. Chaix
Ward B. Chamberlin, Jr.
Barbara Charles and
Robert Staples
Chess-In-The-Schools
Citigroup
Estate of Francois A. Clarens
Bayard D. Clarkson, MD
Martha B. Clifford
Dr. and Mrs. Augustus B.
Cochran III
Colgate-Palmolive Company
Heidi H. Conant and Winson Ho
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Connick
Costco Wholesale Corporation
Credit Suisse Securities LLC
Dr. Kathryn D. Crossland
Margaret M. Crotty
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Cullman
Dr. C. Todd Cunningham
DaimlerChrysler Corporation
Fund
Henry S. D’Auria
Randall Davis
Mr. Stephen C. Dawson
Deborah J. de la Reguera
Karin and George de Riszner
Carol Ward and
Charles J. De Sieyes
Mrs. Judith M. Dean
Jane DeBevoise
Dinyar S. Devitre
DeWitt Wallace/Youth Travel
Enrichment fund at the
New York Community Trust
Jill Dinwiddie and
Bernard Hargadon
James K. Donnell
Amy Jo Dowd
Robert W. Downing
Naomi R. Driver
Mr. and Mrs. John Dubinsky
Carol A. Dunahoo
Eagle Academy Foundation
Michael B. Edwards
Mr. and Mrs. Anders Ekernas
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley G. Ellis
Peter M. Fannon
Ms. Elsie Fariss
Michael Fascitelli
Mr. and Mrs. Cole M. Fauver
Mr. and Mrs. Randolph H. Fields
Emily H. Fisher
Mrs. Edwin W. Fisher
Candace and Bert Forbes
David K. Ford
Ford Motor Company Fund
Jack Forté Foundation
Heidi Francke
The Frank Pace, Jr. Foundation,
Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Friedman
Ann L. Furr
Marie L. Gaillard
Gannett Foundation, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Nelson F. Gibbs, Jr.
Monroe Allen Gilbert
Carson and Joseph Gleberman
Mrs. Fred M. Godard
Donald J. Gogel
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
David Graves/Saintsbury
The Greater Cincinnati
Foundation
Alberto Grignolo
Janet M. Grout
The Guardian Weekly, Guardian
Monthly & Money Observer
Rahiema B. Guerra
Mr. Richard A. Hackett and
Dr. Katherine Hackett
Elaine Hadden
Mary Ann LoFrumento and
John J. Hallacy III
Hardenbergh Foundation
Geoffrey M. Harris
Mr. and Mrs. Norman W. Harris III
Dr. and Mrs. Edwin Harrison
Ms. Valerie J. Haskell and
Ms. Jenni Stolarski
Richard W. Hausler
HAVE IT YOUR WAY Foundation
Mrs. Sharon P. Haverstock
Hawley Central California
Endowment Fund
Walter H. Haydock
Ruth H. Heespelink
Mr. H. Jed Hepworth and
Ms. Lee Schubert
Mrs. Katherine A. Herbermann
Drs. Eleanor and Harry Hetz
Ms. Elisabeth Hilbink
Professor Geoffrey A. Hirt
Robert D. Hoffman
Mrs. Bernice V. Horst
Gertrude D. Houghton
Mr. Blair M. Hull, Jr.
Margaret Pomeroy Hunt
Richard M. Hunt
Bruce E. Hunter
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth H. Hunter
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hunter
Scott R. Hunter
Mrs. Mary K. Husby
Ms. Suzan M. Hutton
Ms. Shelly A. Immel
Gail Inaba
Independent Charities
of America
Shelley C. Inglis
The Israelson Family Foundation
Michael Jakob
The James A. Macdonald
Foundation
Ms. Brooke H. Johnson
Adrian Jones
Mr. W. Wilson Jones
Jones Day
Peter and Elizabeth C. Tower
Foundation
Mr. Robert A. Kandel
Bernard H. Kastory
Jane Martin and Stuart Katz
Katherine Stone Kaufmann
Mrs. Sandra Kaye
Mr. and Mrs. Michael L. Keiser
Kenton Keith
Ms. Sharon A. Keith
Ms. Suzanne Kellar
Dr. Amy S. Kelley
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Kelly
Acorn Alcinda Foundation, Inc.
Dr. and Mrs. Neil Kesselman
Ms. Jan L. Kleinman and
Mr. Fadil Santosa
Jeltje A. Koumans
Mr. Robert M. Kramer
Mr. James Laden
Ms. Patricia L. Landers and
Mr. John G. Olson
Language & Culture Worldwide,
LLC
Thomas J. Le Blanc
Elizabeth Leatham
Wendy Lee and
E. K. Easton Ragsdale
Brenda Grad Levy
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen E. Lewis
The Linden Foundation
Link Unlimited, Inc.
Dr. and Mrs. Alan Lockwood
Ramon and Nancy Lopez
Helen Lowman
Robert Ludwig
D. Russell Lyman
Ms. Karen L. Madson
Maine Community Foundation
Mr. Thomas Malloy and
Ms. Kathleen Bennett
Mr. and Mrs. Terry B. Marbach
William R. H. Martin
Barbara and Jim Mathews
Maurice Amado Foundation
Brian S. McAuliffe
William Chichester McClean III
Mr. and Mrs. Sanford N.
McDonnell
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. McDowell
Linda B. McKean
Mr. and Mrs. Paul F. McLaughlin
Thomas G. Mendell
Meridian International Center
William G. Meserve
Jenny and Michael Messner/
The Speedwell Foundation
MetLife Foundation
MGM MIRAGE
Scott A. Miller
Ms. Jean H. Milton
Minds Matter
The Minnesota Community
Foundation
Ms. Loretta Mockler
S. A. Morton-Dimes
Ms. Lucia Mouat
Mount Hebron High School
International Club
Kelly A. Moylan
Karlheinz Muhr
Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
Abigail S. Muraskin
Cynthia R. Stites and
Donald L. Nagle
Joyce and Christopher Nelson
Mr. Stephen C. Nichols
Mr. Vigo G. Nielsen, Jr.
Florence H. Norton
Ms. Eileen O’Leary
Mr. Don S. Olexa, Jr.
OneWorld Now!
Karen and Chet Opalka
Erinch R. Ozada
B. Waring Partridge
Mr. and Mrs. Harold E.
Pennington
Peregrine Capital Management,
Inc. Fund of the Minneapolis
Foundation
George W. Perkins, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew L.
Perlmutter
Mrs. Lloyd J. Peterson
Ms. Nancy A. Petranto
Mr. and Mrs. Burton
Pickard-Richardson
Mr. and Mrs. Alex J. Plinio
Toni and Michael Plouf
Dale L. Ponikvar
The Prudential Foundation
Centerview Partners
Andrew and Sally Ellis Quale
William B. Quandt
Mr. and Mrs. A. Laurence Ralph
Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Ray
Mrs. Doris Reuling
Ms. Eleanor M. Revelle
Jane M. Rex
Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Rhinesmith
Fredrica and J. Steven Rice
Mrs. Kathryn Riddell
Linda S. and Herald L. Ritch
Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Ritchie, Jr.
Kimberly Ritrievi and
Darryn Tilden
Ritz-Carlton Istanbul
Mr. and Mrs. Peter M. Robinson
Mrs. Elizabeth G. Robinson
Thomas A. Rogers
Maureen and Mark Rossi
Mr. and Mrs. David G. Rowley
The Roy A. Hunt Foundation
Mary B. Ruhl
Mr. John A. Rupp
Andrea and Kenan Sahin
Mary and Saul Sanders
Carlos J. Sandoval
Roby B. Sawyers
Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Schaider
Mr. and Mrs. Charles
W. Schellhorn
Mr. Michael S. Schiff
Mr. and Mrs. John H.
Schmertmann
Mr. Kenneth M. Schubert
Mr. Michael J. Scully
Andrea N. Sehl
Edward Seldin
Robin and Phil Semas
Mr. Jonathan Shakes
Mrs. Kathryn G. Sharber
Julia R. Sharpe
Mr. George H. Shenk
Maria and John Shuck
Frank V. Sica
Ms. Lisa Siciliani
John Skillman
Isabel H. Sloane
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey H. Smith
Sponsors for Educational
Opportunity
Heidi R. Steinberg
Carl W. Stern, Jr. and Holly Hayes
The Stevenson Family
Charitable Trust
Cathleen Uhl Stock and
Keith Stock
Michael F. Stoer
Cecilia M. Stone
Sundar Subramaniam
Mr. James M. Sulzer
Summer Search Foundation
Sandra W. Sweeney
Deborah and Xavier Sztejnberg
John C. Taylor III
Mrs. Paula A. Taylor
John L. Teeger
Elizabeth and Martin Terplan
Melanie Thomas
Leslie and William Thompson
Tozer Foundation, Inc.
Travelzoo Foundation
TRUMPF
Mr. and Mrs. David V. Uihlein, Sr.
Cultural Affairs
Ellen Van Dorsten
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W.
Van Dyke
Mr. John T. Van Horne
Polly and Floyd Van Weelden
Carolyn and Richard Veith
Victoria Foundation
Mr. Michael J. Walker
Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach
Karen E. Waller
Paula M. Wardynski
Jeanne and Jack Wasbro
Mary E. Weinmann
Mr. and Mrs. Mitch Weisburgh
Mrs. Bonnie A. Welch
Wellpoint Associate
Giving Campaign
Mr. and Mrs. James Wells
William A. Wernecke, Jr.
Amber C. Wessels
Mrs. and Mr. Jill D. Wheeler
Adrienne White-Faines and
Larry Faines
Claudie E. Williams
Janet C. Williams
J. David Willson
Craig L. Wilson
Mr. and Mrs. John H. T. Wilson
Mr. James L. Wilson
Mr. Patrick H. Windham and
Ms. Arati Prabhakar
Mr. John W. Windhorst, Jr.
Anne A. Witkowsky
Iris Witkowsky
Dr. Cynthia A. Wong and
Mr. Lawrence A. Rosenzweig
Blaikie and Bob Worth
Mr. and Mrs. Loren Wyss
Mr. Peter J. Yackel
Ruth Einstein and Charles Yeiser
YES Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. York
Wendy Zimmerman
Catherine Zusy
AFS Around the World
AFS has been providing international, educational exchange opportunities since 1919, with a major focus on secondary school exchanges
since 1947. Before 1971, all AFS exchanges involved the United States. As AFS grew and matured, the range of AFS exchanges was broadened so that sojourners from many countries now go to a wide variety of destinations. Today there are over 1,200 AFS program paths in the
world.
As AFS programs have become multinational, the organization’s structure has evolved to reflect this reality. The AFS organization in most
countries is now an incorporated not-for-profit entity that we call a Partner. Each AFS Partner has its volunteer board of directors with responsibility for the staff, office, budget and programs in its territory. AFS Intercultural Programs in New York provides overall leadership and
coordination and offers a number of core services, but Partners manage AFS program operations. This system of “Partnership” has been in
place since 1990. It successfully balances the independent yet interdependent nature of AFS organizations.
Argentina
AFS Programas Interculturales
Chair: Cdr. Victor Oporto
Director: Lc. Juan Medici
www.afs.org.ar
China
AFS-China Education Association for International Exchange
Director: Ms. Zhang Ling
www.afs.org/china
Finland
Chair: Mr. Heikki Pihlajamäki
Director: Ms. Jatta Erlund
www.afs.fi
India
AFS India
Chair: Mrs. Pilloo Mulan
Director: Dr. Sudhanshu Sinha
www.afs.org.in
Australia
Chair: Mr. Philipp Dowler
Director: TBD
www.afs.org.au
Colombia
Asociación AFS Programas
Interculturales Colombia
Chair: Mr. Víctor Dimarco
Director: Mrs. Rosario Gutierrez
Becquet
www.afs.org.co
France
AFS Vivre Sans Frontière - VSF
Chair: Mrs. Anne Collignon
Director: Mr. Philippe Peccatier
www.afs-fr.org
Indonesia
Bina Antarbudaya
Chairs: Mr. Kartono Muhamad
and Mr. Taufiq Ismail
Director: Mr. Ridwan Dereinda
www.bina-antarbudaya.net
Austria
AFS Österreich
Chair: Mr. Mag. Phillipp Wagner
Director: Dr. Johanna Nemeth
www.afs.at
Belgium
AFS Interculturele
Programma’s VZW
Chair: Mr. Lieven Bauwens
Director: Ms. Anne Mees
www.afsvlaanderen.be
Chair: Mr. Julien Lahaye
Director: Ms. Anne Sokal
www.afsbelgique.org
Costa Rica
AFS Costa Rica
Chair: Mr. Luis Daniel Redondo
Director: Mr. Rolando Araya
www.afs.or.cr
Czech Republic
AFS Mezikulturni Programy
Chair: Mr. Michael Rosak
Director: Ms. Klara Kutisova
www.afs.cz
Denmark
AFS Interkultur
Chair: Mr. Bjarke Rix Rasmussen
Director: Mrs. Annelise Bech
www.afs.dk
Bolivia
AFS Programas Interculturales
Chair: Mrs. Eleni de Baldivieso
Director: Mrs. Marianela
Zeballos Vargas
www.afs.org.bo
Dominican Republic
AFS Intercambios Culturales, Inc.
Chair: Mr. Luis Ortiz
Director: Mr. Pablo Viñas
www.afs.org.do
Brazil
AFS Intercultura Brasil
Chair: Mr. Luciano Camargos
Director: Ms. Márcia Teixeira
Magaldi
www.afs.org.br
Ecuador
Corporación AFS Programas
Interculturales
Chair: Mr. Luis Hernández
Director: Mr. Juan Rodriguez
www.afsecuador.org
Canada
AFS Interculture Canada
Chair: Mr. Robert Deslandes
Director: Mr. Bernard Roy
www.afscanada.org
Egypt
AFS Egypt - Egyptian Society
for Intercultural Exchange
Chair: Mr. Adel Mahmoud
Director: Mrs. Sherifa Fayez
www.afs-egypt.org
Chile
AFS Chile
Chair: Mr. Patricio Sanchez
Director: Mr. Pablo Fernández
www.afs.cl
Chair: Dr. Roberto Ruffino
Director: Mr. Paul Claes
www.efil.afs.org
Germany
AFS Interkulturelle
Begegnungen E.V.
Chairs: Mr. Uli Zeutschel and
Mrs. Elisabeth Hardt
Director: Mr. Mick Petersmann
www.afs.de
Ghana
Intercultural Exchange
Programs, Ghana
Chair: Mr. Philip Addison
Director: Mr. Emmanuel Annan
www.afs.org/ghana
Italy
Intercultura
Chair: Mr. Sandro Tomassini
Director: Dr. Vincenzo Morlini
www.intercultura.it
Japan
AFS Japan Association, Inc.
Chair: Mr. Hidehiko Ide
Director: Mr. Morio Ohyama
www.afs.or.jp
Guatemala
AFS Guatemala
Chair: Mr. Juan Luis Barrios
Director: Mrs. Maria Noelle Rivera
www.afs.org.gt
Latvia
AFS Latvia
Chair: Mr. Andris Priekulis
Director: Mrs. Patricija Silina
www.afs.lv
Honduras
AFS Honduras
Chair: Mrs. Reina Castillo
Director: Ms. Belkis López
www.afs.hn
Malaysia
Antarabudaya Malaysia - ABM
Chair: Dr. Yahya Mat Hassan
Director: Ms. Atty Sulaiman
www.afs.org.my
Hong Kong
AFS Intercultural Exchanges
Chair: Mr. Daniel Ng
Director: Ms. Iris Hoi-kee Tsang
www.afs.hk
Mexico
AFS Intercultura Mexico, A.C.
Chair: Mrs. Maria Elena Romero
Director: Mr. Curt S. Crossley
www.afs.org.mx
Hungary
AFS Magyarország
Chair: Mr. Balázs Sabathiel
Director: Ms. Anett Miklos
www.afs.hu
Netherlands
AFS Nederland
Chair: Mr. Ben Bongers
Director: Mr. Richard Santalla
www.afs.nl
Iceland
AFS á Islandi
Chair: Mr. Kristján Gíslason
Director: Ms. Eyrun
Eythorsdottir (Acting)
www.afs.is
New Zealand
AFS New Zealand
Chair: Ms. Raylene Sommerville
Director: Mr. Brian Robb
www.afs.org.nz
Norway
AFS Norge Internasjonal
Utveksling
Chair: Ms. Monica Hatle
Director: Ms. Pernilde Vikanes
www.afs.no
Panama
AFS Programas
Interculturales-Panama
Chair: Mrs. Milda de Gonzalez
Director: Mr. Plinio Benavides
www.afs.org.pa
Paraguay
AFS Paraguay
Chair: Mr. José Pesole
Director: Mrs. Victoria Villalba
www.afs.org.py
Peru
AFS del Perú Programas
Interculturales
Chair: Mr. Omar Ramirez
Director: Ms. Lisbeth Sanchez
www.afs.org.pe
Philippines
AFS Returnees Foundation
Philippines Inc. (ARFP)
Chair: Mr. Hector Dimacali
Director: Mrs. Rahiema Guerra
www.afs.ph
Portugal
Intercultura - AFS Portugal
Chair: Ms. Filipa Santos
Director: Ms. Ana Fachada
www.intercultura-afs.pt
Russia
Intercultura Foundation
Chair: Mr. Dmitry Slutsker
Director: Mrs. Nonna
Kovrizhnykh
www.afs.ru
Slovakia
AFS Slovakia
Chair: Mr. Daniel Bezak
Director: Dr. Igor Kovac
www.afsslovakia.sk
South Africa
AFS Interculture South Africa
Chair: Ms. Mary Mlambo
Director: Mr. Theo Ripplinger
www.afs.org.za
Spain
AFS Intercultura España
Chair: Mr. Gerardo Gómez
Crespo
Director: Mrs. Patricia Greene
www.afs-intercultura.org
Sweden
AFS Interkulturell Utbildning
Chair: Mr. Anders Fernlund
Director: TBD
www.afs.se
Switzerland
AFS Intercultural
Programs Switzerland
Chair: Mr. Jürg Rüttimann
Director: Mrs. Sabine Siegrist
www.afs.ch
Thailand
AFS Intercultural
Programs Thailand
Chair: Mr. Sanan Angubolkul
Director: Mr. Apithai Buranasiri
www.afsthailand.org
Tunisia
AFS Tunisie
Chair: Mrs. Bochra Malki
www.afs-tunisia.org.tn
Turkey
AFS Türk Kültür Vakfì - TKV
Chair: Mr. Sinan Cilesiz
Director: Ms. Fatma Akgün
www.tkvafs.org
United States of America
AFS Intercultural
Programs/USA
Chair: Dr. Kimberly Ritrievi
President: Ms. Margaret Crotty
www.afs.org/usa
Venezuela
AFS Programas
Interculturales Venezuela
Chair: Mrs. Margarita de
Vásquez
Director: Ms. Lourdes Alvarez
www.afs.org.ve
For more information
about AFS Around the
World please visit:
http://www.afs.org/contact
AFS Organizations and Programs
AFS Offices
AFS Partner Program Activity in Other Countries
71 West 23rd Street, 17th Floor
New York, NY 10010-4102 USA
Tel: 1.212.807.8686
Fax: 1.212.807.1001
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.afs.org
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