- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
Host Family Needed for Student! Ellington, CT
ORGANIZATION: Youth For Understanding
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
Join a vibrant 60-year-old youth exchange organizations as a Youth For Understanding (YFU) host family. Help make a dream of one of 2000 International Students traveling from 60 countries to theUSthis summer as a host family. This year YFU will exchange our 250,000th student, will you be their host family?
As a YFU Host Family your family will:
- Gain a global perspective
- Learn about other cultures
- Gain a lifetime of memories and most likely a family member for life.
Can't speak another language? No problem, our students have all previously studied English and are carefully selected based on academics and recommendations. All kinds of American families make great YFU Host Families, yours will too. Our students are as diverse as our host families and look forward to meeting you.
YFU is here to support your family every step-of-the-way - with handbooks, orientations, local volunteers and professional support if needed.
Click to Learn more about our students and listen to them speak!!
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About Youth For Understanding
Location:
YFU-USA, 6856 Eastern Ave NW #310, Washington, DC 20012, US
Mission Statement
Make the world your home. YFU advances intercultural understanding, mutual respect and social responsibility through educational exchanges for youth, families and communities.
Description
A non-profit international educational organization with partners in more than 60 different countries, Youth For Understanding is one of the world’s oldest, largest and most respected intercultural exchange program. More than 250,000 students and their host families have benefited from the support and expertise of YFU. The YFU global network is united by the belief that full cultural immersion is the most effective means to gain the skills needed to thrive in an increasingly multicultural, interconnected and competitive global society. YFU is different from other intercultural exchange organizations because of our thorough preparation and program support that’s backed by a global team of volunteers, Our volunteers run orientations, conduct interviews, support students and serve as a YFU ambassador within their own communities. When you join YFU, you become a part of a 1500 volunteers nationwide who help students grow and discover their inner selves.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Anywhere in the USEllington, CT 06029
DATE POSTED
May 22, 2015
SKILLS
GOOD FOR
- Kids
- Teens
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
N/A