AFS sends many groups on short-term programs to help communities in need, especially in Latin America. Most of the volunteer work is achieved in local primary schools. The group works together on a specific project and each participant lives with a local family. This program offers participants an introduction to international development work while extending the opportunity to increase familiarity with a new culture and to learn a new language. Projects vary according to the needs of the local communities. Length, departure dates and destinations are flexible.
Here are some examples of past projects:
AFS participants helped restore a roof in a school so that the temperature would not get too hot in the classrooms in the afternoon. Children in this community can now attend school all day.
Participants assisted in restoration work such as painting the walls of a small school and building shelves, to improve functionality and aesthetics.
AFS students participated in building an extra classroom for a school in a small village to enable more children in the community to attend school.
School Exchange Program
AFS Interculture Canada offers the possibility to twin a Canadian school with a school abroad for a reciprocal exchange program.
For further details about one of these programs, please contact us
