AFS is committed to helping young people go abroad regardless of their financial situation. That’s why the AFS Interculture Canada Foundation works with corporate and community sponsors and individual donors to help finance AFS programs through full and partial scholarships.

“Being a host family is both a challenge and a pleasure. We are watching a complete stranger become close to us, and how we are becoming important to him. It’s almost two months since Mateo arrived and he already has a place in our family. We are teaching him about life in Serbia, and learning about life in Sicily. When our relatives call, the first thing they ask is no longer ‘How are you doing?’, but ‘What is Mateo up to?’.”

—Tijana Marjanovic, host sister from Serbia