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Budaya Beat: New Image

Budaya Beat will be published in this new scroll up format instead of the usual e-magazine flipstyle. The pandemic engulfing the globe has severely affected AFS operations and limited our activities and events. As such, news from chapters and many areas of operation are scarce, necessitating a new way of presentation that is brief, informative and where possible, pictorial. The editorial team hopes readers will still enjoy the e-publication and catch up on developments at AFS while the pandemic outbreak is being brought under control.

New Year Greetings from AFS President

Daniel Obst, President and CEO of AFS Intercultural Programs, sent a New Year message to all AFS volunteers.
Read his message here.

2021/2022 Board

The new Board held its first meeting in January to map out its priorities and strategies to meet the challenges brought on by the Covid19 global pandemic. Find out more.

AFS MAS Completes GCC Workshop for Educators

AFS Malaysia has successfully concluded a series of facilitated workshops for 100 educators under the Global Competence Certificate course.
A team of certified facilitators comprising staff and returnees had conducted online workshops for five groups of educators over a three-month period. Read more.

AFS Volunteers to The Fore

AFS volunteers joined a Rumah Bonda volunteering event to pack 1,200 care packages filled with daily essentials such as rice, oil, tea, coffee and face masks. These packages were to be sent to Sabah and Sarawak to aid communities affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Find out more.

New Line-Up for YES Alumni

YES Alumni members elected a new Committee line-up for the new 2021/2022 term at an online AGM recently which recorded a virtual attendance of 50. Find out more.

Outcome Of 13^th AGM

Due to the unprecedented circumstances arising from measures implemented nationwide to limit the spread of Covid19, AFS Malaysia held a virtual Annual General Meeting for the first time in its history. Keep Reading

AAI Outstanding Volunteer Awards 2019

In another series of firsts, AFS Malaysia hosted the annual AAI Outstanding Volunteer Awards Ceremony which was streamed live on facebook and via Zoom on World Volunteer Day. Find out more.

Experiencing India Virtually

With international borders remaining closed, cultural sharing, bonding and learning have to be done virtually. AFS Malaysia collaborated with AFS Mumbai which organised a virtual programme on two Saturdays in September 2020, to give a sampler of Mumbai and India to Malaysian volunteers. This programme also served to connect participants from both countries. Find out more.

Dedicated to Frontliners

An AFS returnee of three Intensive Programs to EGY, JPN & ITA has written a poem dedicated to frontliners.
Dr. Liyu Zin Eu who is now based in a hospital in a remote part of Sarawak, wanted to pay tribute to all his medical colleagues and frontliners who work round the clock to treat Covid19 patients, risking their own lives to keep the public safe. Read the poem here.

What you should read:

"PISA shows key role of schools in helping young people to thrive in an interconnected world" - School Education Gateway publishes the outcomes of the AFS Global Conference
"Adapting Cultural Learning to a Virtual Setting" - Dr. Ann Lutterman-Aguilar, Augsburg University, shares her experience using the AFS Global Competence Certificate, a blended-learning program for university students.
"International pupil mobility in secondary schools: a growing educational phenomenon" by Mattia Baiutti of the Fondazione Intercultura