Virtual volunteer exchange helps foster connectedness
Before COVID-19, AFS has much relied on the power of building connections and sharing experiences in person. Since the start…
volunteer engagement
The importance of connections in volunteer engagement
AFS takes pride in being a lively learning environment not only for program beneficiaries but also for volunteers. Our volunteers…
Volunteer appreciation is more important than ever
Our volunteers around the globe show commitment and care day after day. They help bring our mission to life. Nowadays,…
COVID-19: Online volunteer engagement in AFS COL
The past few weeks were hard for AFS all around the world. We had to make the difficult but necessary…
COVID 19: How AFS ARG & URU assessed their volunteers’ feelings
The COVID-19 pandemic keeps on affecting our lives every day and is shaping the way we view the world. It…
Introducing the Volunteer Engagement System Playbook
For the past year, we’ve developed a series of tools to help us improve the experience of our volunteers. Through…
Innovating Lab: Interactive tools for Volunteers
Being an active volunteer is quite a task! With the variety of our programs and intercultural education opportunities, it’s necessary…
Innovation Lab: Re-imagining Local Units
Locating new communities with the potential to be local chapters is key to grow our organization. More local units means…