AFS is an international, voluntary, non-governmental, non-profit organization that provides intercultural learning opportunities to help people develop the knowledge, skills and understanding needed to create a more just and peaceful world. AFS was created in 1914 and has been doing intercultural programs since 1947, currently present in more than 54 countries with over 11,000 exchanges per year.

Under the aegis of AFS India, Summer Fields School is hosting Chiara Vezzoli, 17 years, from Brescia, Italy. She has come here for one year to be a part of India and she’ll be studying in Summer Fields School. She is here to experience the Indian culture, to know more and explore the true and inner side of India. Till now, she has made many new friends in the school, she interacted with the teachers, and she has already become a part of the school. She finds the Indian culture very different from the culture of Italy. She is trying her best to adjust with the environment here, the people and most importantly the weather here. She has come from Liceo Scientifico Niccolo Copernico, which is her school in Italy. She finds  huge differences in her school in Italy and her new school in India. The students, teachers, studies, curriculum and activities vary a lot. She is excited to explore much more about the Indian culture in this one year, and take back as many memories with her as she can.