AFS-USA, New Jersey

Description

AFS-USA (formerly the American Field Service), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, is a leader in intercultural learning and offers international exchange programs in more than 40 countries around the world through independent, nonprofit AFS Organizations, each with a network of volunteers, a professionally staffed office, and headed up by a volunteer board.

We’ve been exchanging students throughout the world for more than 65 years. That’s six decades of history and experience in international education with an exemplary record of safety, security, and service to students, parents, and educators.

• Sends approximately 1,100 participants abroad.
• Welcomes 2,300 international high school exchange students into the US.
• Is supported by more than 5,000 volunteers in the US who make the work of AFS possible.
• Partners with 2,100 US schools through hosting and sending.

AFS is a worldwide, nonprofit organization that has been leading international high school student exchange for nearly seven decades. The AFS network:

• Exchanges almost 13,000 individuals each year.
• Has more than 50 partner organizations including AFS-USA.
• Maintains an alumni network of more than 424,000 individuals who have studied abroad on an AFS Program.
• Is supported by more than 44,000 AFS Volunteers worldwide.