-
53 people are interested
Host an Exchange Student With Ayusa
ORGANIZATION: Ayusa
Please visit the new page to apply.
-
53 people are interested
Open your heart and home to a foreign exchange student!
Ayusa invites families across the United States to participate in a rewarding adventure of hosting our high school exchange students. You can promote global understanding one person at a time by hosting an international student for an academic semester or year!
Ayusa is a non-profit organization founded in 1981, and have placed over 60,000 exchange students with American families. Ayusa students come from over 60 countries and are between 15-18 years of age.
Learn more about volunteering to host a foreign exchange student!More opportunities with Ayusa
13 ReviewsNo additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About Ayusa
Location:
600 California St. 10th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94108, US
Mission Statement
Ayusa is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting global understanding and leadership. It is our belief that cultural exchange offers a uniquely rich personal experience for our students, volunteer families, host high schools and local communities around the world. For over 30 years Ayusa has promoted world peace through intercultural learning and friendship. Ayusa is designated by the U.S. Department of State as an Exchange Visitor Program Sponsor, enabling all Ayusa participants to travel on J-1 visas. We are also a founding member of the Council for Standards for International Education Travel (CSIET), a worldwide council that defines best practices in international education.
Description
Ayusa is headquartered in San Francisco, California with a largely volunteer force of Representatives, Host Families and local community members all over the U.S.
Volunteer host families are the cornerstone of the Ayusa program. They invite an international high school student to live in their home and experience life in America with their family. They offer a high school student the opportunity to study in an American high school, experience a new culture, build lifelong friendships and develop language and leadership skills that will serve them throughout their lives.
Hosting a foreign exchange student is a rewarding and life enriching experience for American families for a variety of reasons:
- Introducing your family to a new culture and language
- Grow closer as a family as you help an international student experience a new community
- Experience the joys of having a new family member to love
- Practice hospitality and generosity with your own family
- Support diversity and cross-cultural understanding in your own home
- Increase cultural awareness within your community
- Create an international friendship that lasts a lifetime
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Ayusa Headquarters600 California St. 10th FlSan Francisco, CA 94108
DATE POSTED
June 20, 2014
SKILLS
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 25
- 5-10 months
- Visit www.ayusa.org to learn more!