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1 person is interested
Share your home, change the world. Host a YFU exchange student(Austin TX. Area)
ORGANIZATION: Youth For Understanding
Please visit the new page to apply.
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1 person is interested
If your family is open to new experiences, share your lives with a fascinating teenager from a foreign land. All kinds of families make wonderful YFU host families- yours will too!
- Working parents
- Single parents or singles
- couples with children (any age)
- Couples without children
- Adoptive parents
- Empty nesters
- military families
YFU International students are carefully selected from one of more than 60 countries. YFU international students have been tested for their proficiency in the English language and adapt well to studying and living in an English-speaking environment. YFU students bring their own spending money and medical insurance while in the U.S. Share the American Dream by sharing your American Experience. Host a YFU high school international exchange student and change lives forever! to view profiles of available students visit out website at www.studentprofiles.yfu.org
- Be interested in teenagers and international students
- Provide a stable family unit
- Offer an emotionally supportive enviroment
- be able to provide separate bed, study area and three meals a day
- Be prepared to assist the student to pparticipate inschool and community events
- Willing to have fun!
Listen to some of our students!!
Got Room in your Hearts & Home? Hear the Voices, Answer the CallListen to the voices of incoming exchange students for summer 2011. Each is waiting to hear from their American host! http://yfuhorizondistrict.wordpress.com/
If you are ready to start the journey of a lifetime, with a super flexible schedule, please visit us at http://yfuusa.org/volunteers.php or call 866-493-8872
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About Youth For Understanding
Location:
Horizon District Office, 155 S. Madison St. Ste 220, Denver, CO 80209, US
Mission Statement
Youth For Understanding (YFU) prepares young people for their responsibilities and opportunities in a changing, interdependent world.
Description
Through YFU student exchange programs, young people from around the world live with a host family in another crountry, immerse themselves in the local culture, and build friendships that bring crountries together. As these young people discover new worlds and make lasting friendships, they not only learn about another culture and a new language, they also gain perspective on the world and develop a stronger sense of self.
With 60 years of success in international student exchange, YFU has built a reputation for maintaining the highest quality programs in the field--just ask one of the 250,000 YFU alumni around the world.
YFU is a volunteer based organization with one of the largest international exchange scholarship programs in the world. Each year, more than 4,500 students and families participate in programs around the world, with YFU USA receiving more than 2,000 international students and sending over 500 American students abroad.
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Youth For UnderstandingAustin, TX 78238
DATE POSTED
April 18, 2014
SKILLS
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- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
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