Welcome
Culture Capsule is a flagship project of the ASEF University Alumni Network that involves cultural exchanges between students aged 9-17, from elementary and secondary schools in Asia and Europe.
The initiative promotes friendship and better understanding among students, by giving them the opportunity to trade local items, cultural symbols, letters, and photographic records to their counterparts in the other region. The Culture Capsule initiative hopes to encourage students to gain a broader perspective by seeing other parts of the world through the eyes of a fellow student. The exchanges enable students to compare lifestyles, debunk existing stereotypes and misconceptions, and most importantly, gain appreciation and respect toward different cultures.
Recent exchanges
Philippines-Slovakia - The school year had just begun last July 3, 2008 when around 25 students of St. Rose of Lima High School in Nueva Ecija province, Philippines, opened the Culture Capsule from Brezno. Read the report.
France-China - In March 2008, a Culture Capsule exchange was organized between the French Jacques Feyder high school, located in Epinay-sur-Seine next to Paris, and the 21st Century Times Training Center in Beijing, China. Read the report.
News
Asia-Europe Classroom
Culture Capsule was featured in the November 2007 issue of the Asia-Europe Classroom Network E-newsletter. Read the article.