Previous Winners of the Galatti Award

Rosemarie Popp

In Their Own Words

“AFS is like life itself. It's frustrating sometimes and wonderful sometimes, but it's always worthwhile. AFS has changed and expanded. I've lived through the discussions that made AFS multinational. But the basic grassroots work the volunteers do is still so important.They take care of the human needs, the relationships.”

Rosemarie Popp
1986 Galatti Award winner


AFS is one of the largest, strongest and most effective volunteer-based organizations in the world. We could not do all that we do for our program participants every day without your work and the work of other dedicated volunteers. Each year we celebrate the accomplishments of the AFS volunteers through the Galatti Award for Outstanding Volunteer Service, named after one of our most visionary founders, Stephen Galatti.

The award is given every year to AFS volunteers who have performed extraordinary services for our organization over a sustained period of time. Since the Galatti Award was instituted in 1983, 53 exceptional volunteers have been selected to receive the most prestigious commendation conferred by the AFS Network on our volunteers.

We thank all past winners and honor them for their service and commitment to AFS with this on-line Gallery.

2007--Colombia, Norway, United States

2006--Japan, New Zealand, Brazil, Austria

2005--Costa Rica, Finland, Paraguay, Turkey

2004--Germany, United States, China

2003--Spain, Argentina, United States

2002--United Kingdom, Japan, Venezuela

2001--Indonesia, South Africa, Thailand

2000--Hong Kong

1999--New Zealand, Brazil

1998--Panama, Italy

1997--Austria, Sweden, Malaysia

1996--United States, Denmark, Guatemala

1995--Norway, Brazil, Australia

1994--Belgium

1993--Germany

1992--Bolivia

1991--Denmark

1990--New Zealand

1989--Paraguay

1988--Jamaica

1987--United States

1986--Germany

1985--United States, Switzerland

1984--Australia, United States, Austria

1983--New Zealand, United States, Peru

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