AFS Award Winner Diego Fernandez Tackles Water Scarcity with Innovation
Diego Fernandez Irrazabal is a 19-year-old changemaker from Paraguay who won the 2024 AFS Award for Young Global Citizens at the AFS Youth Assembly in August in New York City.…
Alumni
The Youth Assembly has 20,000 alumni from 160 countries. Meet some of the most outstanding alumni we have!
AFS Honors Sabrina Ho with the 2024 Distinguished AFS Youth Assembly Alumni Award
AFS Intercultural Programs is thrilled to announce that distinguished philanthropist, entrepreneur, and academic scholar Dr. Sabrina Ho Chiu Yeng has been awarded the Distinguished AFS Youth Assembly Alumni Award for…
Become an Impact Coordinator for the AFS Youth Assembly
AFS is dedicated to engaging and building a strong Youth Assembly Impact Network to accelerate youth impact regionally and globally. While the extraordinary alumni of the AFS Youth Assembly come…
Celebrate 20 Years of Impact: Share Your Journey as a Youth Assembly Alumni!
This year we will be celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Youth Assembly! Over the past 20 years, more than 20,000 young global leaders participated in the Youth Assembly. Our…
Alumni in Spotlight: Ilan Enverga
Welcome to the AFS Youth Assembly Podcast! In this episode, we are joined by Ilan Enverga, a young educator and SDG advocate from the Philippines. He works as a teacher…
Let’s Recognize the Power of Collective Action
Rochelle Prasad from Canada is an advocate for the UN SDG #4 Quality Education and a Youth Assembly alumna. Attending the event in 2019 has helped foster growth in her…
Ambassadors Program for the 29th Session of the AFS Youth Assembly
The Ambassadors Program is geared toward students and young professionals from around the world who have previously attended the AFS Youth Assembly. Ambassadors are looking to become pioneers in their…
Lebanese Changemaker Receives Outstanding Youth Delegate Award
All Youth Assembly Delegates are true global citizens who work towards improving their local communities and the world. Among them, an Outstanding Youth Delegate is selected at each Youth Assembly…
AFS Award Helps Young Changemakers Advance Their Work
The AFS Award for Young Global Citizens is an annual recognition of young people for their commitment to improving the global community and their actions contributing to a more just,…