My Nonprofit Reviews

I went to Thailand through AFS from 2009-10 and it was a life changing experience. My host family to this day calls me their daughter, keeps in contact with me, and even sends me cards every once in a while. I honestly could not have asked for a better experience. What someone else said is true, it is a volunteer organization. But because it's volunteered based usually the people that are involved are there because they want to be. Some students did have a bad experience, and I myself didn't get along with all of the people and teachers that I met. But I met people from all different kinds of program (YFU, Rotary, etc) and there were always a couple students that had a rough time. I found that many of the students that had issues didn't talk to the AFS office about it. The students that did changed host families and had amazing experiences. Since it is a volunteer organization there are some hiccups along the way (miscommunication about train arrival times was my biggest one) but the volunteers I met were genuine about taking care of the students. I honestly hope my nephews can get the chance to go when they're in high school.

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