{"id":8457,"date":"2016-03-25T13:54:05","date_gmt":"2016-03-25T20:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=8457"},"modified":"2020-06-02T10:02:09","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T17:02:09","slug":"foreign-exchange-students-build-relationships-in-new-mexico-and-abroad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/foreign-exchange-students-build-relationships-in-new-mexico-and-abroad\/","title":{"rendered":"Foreign Exchange Students Build Relationships In New Mexico And Abroad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>March\u00a025, 2016 &#8211; Producer Sarah Gustavus sits down this week with\u00a0participants from the <a href=\"http:\/\/afsusa.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AFS foreign exchange<\/a> program about the value of cross-cultural relationships.<\/p>\n<p>New Mexico resident Kathryn Fleddermann spent a year in Turkey through the<a href=\"http:\/\/yesprograms.org\/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> YES exchange program<\/a>, which is funded by the\u00a0U.S. Department of State and sponsored by the Bureau of Educational &amp; Cultural Affairs.\u00a0Rama Safitri is currently living and studying in Albuquerque and she comes from Indonesia.\u00a0Kwame Otchere runs the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.afs.org.gh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AFS program in Ghana<\/a> and he recently visited New Mexico to talk about the program.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5qQs9Cfydo4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March\u00a025, 2016 &#8211; Producer Sarah Gustavus sits down this week with\u00a0participants from the AFS foreign exchange program about the value of cross-cultural relationships. 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