You're only limited by your imagination, and AFS opens up a world of adventure by offering exchange programs in 55 countries. AFS programs present a variety of choices, allowing nearly 10,000 participants annually to adjust program focus according to their individual needs.
AFS Egypt, known as the Egyptian Society for Intercultural Exchange, is a voluntary, non-profit organization. Through our exchange programs for high school students we offer the opportunity be exposed to a wide variety of cultures.
Year Program - Sending
Operating under the supervision of the Ministry of Education, AFS/Egypt provides high quality services to its exchange programs for 15-18 year old students.
Students attend school and live with a host family. The program runs annually from August through July. Imagine what it's like to spend a year in a totally different culture - new foods, new friends, a new family, new sights and sounds everywhere, a new school, and the challenge of learning to get along in a new language!
Year Program - Hosting
Students from the ages 15-18 spend a year in Egypt, where they have an
opportunity to experience the fascinating blend of many different cultures.
Students live with upper-middle class Egyptian families and are enrolled in
private English or French language schools. Host school attendance is required,
not optional.
The AFS office in Egypt offers the following activities to hosted students:
The Semester Program (SP)
This program lasts about six months over the course of an academic school semester. Like the Year Program, students stay with host families, attend local schools and take part in community activities. Host school attendance is required, not optional, for Semester Program participants.
The Intensive Program (IP)
AFS/Egypt offers an intensive 4 week program. The overall purpose of this program is to introduce AFSers to the multiple interwoven cultures of Egypt which can be traced back more than 5000 years.
The program focus is on history from the archaic period more than 3000 years before Christ until the present day. Some of the related topics which will be discussed are:
In addition, the program touches upon politics and Egypt's role in the Middle East and Africa in times of war and in times of peace from the beginning of the 20th century until today.
The intensive program is intended to be as comprehensive and clear as possible in such a short period of time. More information is available upon request.
AFS organizations worldwide are constantly adding to their core programs by offering activities for different age groups, introducing new country combinations and establishing variable components such as domestic programs, vocational-based short programs for individuals over the age of 18, teacher/educator exchanges and School Link projects among primary and secondary schools. For information about offerings in the country where you live, contact your local AFS office or: