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Bureau of Educational<br />
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AAI<br />
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Polly and Floyd Van Weelden<br />
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Endowment Program<br />
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Mitch Weisburgh<br />
Bonnie A. Welch<br />
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West Branch Chapter<br />
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James L. Wilson<br />
The <strong>AFS</strong> Asia Pacific Initiative (AAI),<br />
an organization composed of <strong>AFS</strong><br />
Partners in the Asian and Pacific region,<br />
had its annual meeting in Changzhou,<br />
China in April, 2008.<br />
In his opening remarks, Mr. Bin Sato,<br />
the AAI President welcomed the<br />
assembled members by stating that<br />
the organizations welcomes change<br />
that will promote the growth of <strong>AFS</strong><br />
programs in the region.<br />
Member countries were congratulated<br />
on their achievements during the<br />
meeting. <strong>AFS</strong> Japan continued its<br />
successful implementation of the<br />
Japan-East Asia Network of Exchange<br />
for Students and Youth Program<br />
(JENESYS). The goal of the program<br />
is to create solidarity among the Asian<br />
countries by promoting intercultural<br />
understanding.<br />
Patrick H. Windham and<br />
Arati Prabhakar<br />
John W. Windhorst, Jr.<br />
David L. Wisowaty<br />
Anne A. Witkowsky<br />
Cynthia A. Wong and<br />
Lawrence A. Rosenzweig<br />
Blaikie and Robert Worth<br />
Peter J. Yackel<br />
Charles F. Yeiser and<br />
Ruth Einstein<br />
The program is sponsored by the<br />
Japanese government.<br />
Thailand was noted as one of the most<br />
successful Partners in the AAI region.<br />
Thailand’s sending program reached<br />
470 participants per year and 60% of<br />
participant placements are completed<br />
in one day.<br />
A number of new strategic initiatives<br />
were discussed at the meeting. Among<br />
these was the creation of a “Young<br />
Journalist” scholarship program to<br />
send participants from the Asia-Pacific<br />
region to Latin America.<br />
The Asia-Pacific region is one of the<br />
most dynamic regions in the <strong>AFS</strong><br />
Network. The AAI leadership and its<br />
members work together to promote<br />
the <strong>AFS</strong> mission throughout this<br />
important world area. In 2010 the AAI<br />
will celebrate its 10th anniversary.<br />
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