一年海外交流計劃截止報名日期 / Year Exchange Program Application Deadline

各位AFSers，新年快樂! 不知道大家新一年有什麼新願望呢? AFS香港希望可以讓更多年輕人放眼世界，認識更多國家的文化，改變自己的人生，深信各位都會有相同的體會。2019/2020年度的海外文化交流計劃將於2月15日 (五) 截止報名! 請點撃以下按鈕下載計劃的小冊子及報名表，並分享給身邊的親朋友，讓更多年青人認識這個幫助他們開創未來的機會!

Dear AFSers, Happy New Year! What is your new year's resolution? AFS Hong Kong hopes that more of our young generation will have the opportunity to go to places and see the culture of the world. Do you share the same thought? Application for 2019/2020 Overseas Exchange Program will close on 15 February (Fri). If you want more of your contacts to learn about AFS and more young people to enjoy this life-changing experience, please click the following button to download our program brochure and share it with your family and friends!

2019-20 家訪義工招募 / 2019-20 Home Visit Volunteer Recruitment

家訪是我們招募交流生的重要過程之一，主要目的是進一步了解學生、其家庭生活及背景，從而為他們作出更妥善的安排。每年我們都需要大量義工協助，以在短時間內，為未來一年出發的過百位交流生作家訪。因此，如果你是曾經參與過交流計劃的學生與家長，請點擊以下按鈕，了解詳情及參與本年度的工作! 

Home visit is an important step in our exchange student recruitment. Its main purpose is to get to know more about our students, their family life and background so that we can make suitable arrangement for them. Every year we need a lot of volunteers to support home visits as we often need to do home visits for >100 exchange students in a short time. Therefore if you have joined the program before as an exchange student or parent, please click the following button for details and registration! 

AFS舊生問卷調查 / AFS Alumni Survey

為進一步了解各位舊生在學業、事業、個人方面的發展，從而評估AFS計劃對參加者的影響，AFS International 設計了一份問卷給全球的參加者。我們希望能起碼收集到10,000個回覆，所以你的參與十分重要! 如果你曾經是AFS交流生，請即點撃以下按鈕填寫問卷!

To evaluate the impacts of our programs by understanding our alumni's academic achievements, professional life and personal development, AFS International designed a survey for all AFS alumni in the world. Our goal is to gather answers from at least 10,000 of our alumni and your answers will be vital in helping us to do this! If you were AFS exchange students, take the survey now by clicking the following button!

跨文化學習工作坊日期 / ICL Workshop Date

下一次跨文化學習 (ICL) 工作坊的日期已經確認了!  將會在 3月16日 (六) 於AFS辦事處舉行! 如果各位義工之前未能參加此工作坊，別錯過這次機會，進一步了解AFS計劃背後的文化概念! 而由於我們打算在今年於海外舉辦進階工作坊，如你有興趣參加，這個入門版工作坊更是不可錯過了。現在就點撃以下按鈕了解詳情及報名吧!

The next ICL workshop date is now confirmed! It will be held on 16 March (Sat) at AFS office! If you are AFS volunteer who were not able to join the previous workshops, don't miss this opportunity to understand the cultural concepts behind AFS programs! We also plan to organize an overseas advanced workshop in 2019. So if you are interested in joining that one. you will have to attend this entry level workshop first too! click the following button now for details and registration!

2018/12/07 / 師友計劃聖誕聚會 / Mentorship Christmas Gathering

為了讓參與師友計劃的導師及導生有機會互相認識以及分享對計劃的意見，義工Andy, Natalie, Swing, Yannex為他們籌辦了這個BBQ聚會。我們很高興能聽到不同參加者的分享，知道大家都有不錯的經驗，並在第一次見面後仍能保持聯絡。希望這個計劃未來能聯繫更多AFSers!

To offer a chance for mentors and mentees in the mentorship program to get to know each other and share their feedback on the program, our volunteers Andy, Natalie, Swing, Yannex organized an BBQ gathering for them. It was happy to hear different participants' sharing and know that they generally had a good experience and kept in touch after thieir first meeting. We hope that this program could connect more AFSers in the future!

2018/12/08 / 國際兒童文化節 / Junior Intercultural Fair

除了大家熟悉的國際文化節，這幾年我們也為本地小學生舉辦了國際兒童文化節，讓他們從小就有機會認識不同國家的文化。今年的活動已於12月8日順利舉行，有超過620名小學生參與。感謝我們的接待交流生用心準備了各種遊戲，還有義工Sean擔任活動司儀!

Apart from the Intercultural Fair that you all are familiar with, we also organized a Junior Intercultural Fair for local primary school students these years. It is a great chance for them to experience culture of different countries at a young age. The fair this year was successfully held on 8 December, with over 620 participants. Big thanks to our host students who prepared different games for participants, also our MC Sean!

海外交流計劃活動 / Sending Program Events

目前2019-20一年海外交流計劃仍在接受報名，因此我們最近仍在各區舉辦座談會，讓更多學生及家長認識AFS! 與此同時，感謝我們學生招募組的義工，他們於11月25日舉辦了本年度第二場甄選日，透過團體活動及面試環節，助我們選出適合參加一年交流計劃的學生。

As 2019-20 Year Exchange Program is still accepting applications now, we are still organizing info seminars at different districts to let more students and parents know about AFS! At the same time, thanks to our recruitment team volunteers, who held the second selection day this year on 25 November. Through holding group activities and panel interviews, they helped us in selecting suitable students to participate in the program. 

接待計劃活動 / Hosting Program Events

踏入11-12月，我們接待交流生的生活依然精彩! 除了參與兩個國際文化節外，我們的義工David和Aily正在用心教授他們廣東話，助他們認識香港文化。他們也參加了理事會成員Dede為他們安排的健行、聖誕聚會等活動，還有由香港國際社會服務社的太極活動、南華早報的寫作工作坊、新鴻基地產的新閱會活動等等。

Stepping into November and December, our host students are still enjoying a fruitful life in Hong Kong! Apart from participating in the two intercultural fairs, our volunteers David and Aily are teaching them Cantonese to help them understanding Hong Kong culture. They also participated in the hike and Christmas gathering organized by our board member Dede, the Tai Chi class organized by International Social Service Hong Kong Branch, SCMP writing workshop and SHKP Reading Club, etc.