Mentor an International Exchange Student (Atascadero Community)
ORGANIZATION: Youth For Understanding
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Share your time and Change the world! If you enjoy working with young people and families and want to make a difference in your community, volunteer with Youth For Understanding USA (YFU), an international student exchange organization.
YFU is looking for volunteers to become an area representative and mentor to a host family and exchange student in the Atascadero community.
This involves making contact and assisting international students and their families throughout their exchange year--a minimum of once a month is required.
Do you...
- Enjoy working with teenagers and families?
- Value making friends with like-minded people?
- Want to promote increased intercultural understanding?
Join our strong and vibrant volunteer base and make a difference in the world! Take the first step in becoming a YFU volunteer: apply online at www.yfu-usa.org. For more information about volunteering, please call 866-493-8872 ext. 7224 and speak to Molly.
Skills- Skills: * Work with International Teenagers: * Enthusiasm for the international exchange experience * Maturity * Flexibility * Sound Judgment * Ability to work with teens in a positive way * Willingness to learn and carry out YFU Policies & Procedures * Good active listening and problem solving skills * Must be 21 years of age
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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 Understanding HorizonAtascadero, CA 93423
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April 18, 2014
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