AFS Interkultur

Founded in 1957, AFS Interkultur is a non-profit association based in Frederiksberg, Denmark working on peace & conflict, education, children & youth.

AFS Interkultur is a volunteer-driven, non-profit youth exchange organisation in Denmark and the oldest and largest of its kind in the country. It runs school exchange programmes for young people aged 15 to 19, volunteer work placements abroad for people over 18, and host family and contact or weekend family programmes in Denmark. It also awards scholarships to people who wish to take part in exchange. Its stated aim is to promote peace through intercultural understanding and relationships. The organisation is independent of commercial, party-political and religious interests and is organised into local associations across the country.