yesprograms.org - 11/2/2009
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Submit_interest_button_2 Click here for Host Family Interest Form! YES- Building Bridges of Understanding Since 2003, over 2000 young people from countries such as Ghana, Turkey, Egypt and Indonesia have come to the US to live as a “son” or “daughter” in an American family and attend high school ...
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“Reverse Trick-or-Treaters” Deliver Fair Trade Chocolate
Worldwatch Institute —
... Jody Axinn, a liaison for the American Field Service/Youth
Exchange and Study Program (AFS/YES),
chose to engage the students in the reverse trick-or-treating campaign in hopes
that the students would raise awareness of Fair Trade in their home countries
of India, Indonesia, Mozambique,
and Switzerland. ...
"Reverse Trick-or-Treaters" Deliver Fair Trade Chocolate
Worldchanging: Bright Green —
... by the countries." For the foreign exchange students, who are participanting in a U.S. State Department youth leadership program, the campaign was an introduction to Fair Trade. Most of them visited neighbors who were unfamiliar with the program as well."Many were not aware what Fair Trade is, but many are eager to find out," said Fabian Bollinger, a student from Schaffausen, Switzerland. Jody Axinn, a liaison for the American Field Service/Youth Exchange and Study Program ( AFS/YES ), chose to engage the students in the reverse trick-or-treating campaign in hopes that the ...
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