Cover Photo Credit: Riddhi Gupta, YES Program Participant 2022-23 in USA from Indore Public School, Indore
THE IMPACT
Newsletter
In this issue: 2 In Leadership: AFS India Board, read about the AFS India Board Member, Siddharth Singh 3 The contribution of our volunteers is noteworthy, check out the volunteering experience of the Mehta Family from Vadodara 4-5 JENESYS 2022 Program was concluded with 68 Indian participants visiting Japan for 8-Day program in January 2023 6-7 In Member School Stories, featuring the Regional Meeting of West Zone Schools near Mumbai 8-9 In Hosting Stories, get to know about the hosting experience of an exchange student in Nabha and the experience of a host mother in Ahmedabad 10-11 In Sending Stories, hear from Tanush & Naqiya who recently completed their program in Turkey 12 Check out what one of the YES Program participants is experiencing in USA 13 Exploring the diversity of India, North meets West; Read about the class exchange stories of 4 schools 14-15 In Member School Stories, read an article by Sona Matto, Principal, Children's Academy on teaching-learning methodology 16-17 Various ICL & Effect+ Workshops were conducted by AFS India in the Member Schools 18 Get inspired by Vishakha Desai, AFS Returnee of the 1960s and check out her recently published book 19 In AFS Advocacy, presenting views of Richa Parasher, GCC Qualified Facilitator on the effectiveness of the GCC Program www.india.afs.org