Experience new culture, language & food and make a difference in a young person's life!
ORGANIZATION: CIEE: Council on International Educational Exchange
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CIEE: Council on International Educational Exchange seeks families in greater Boston and Central MA to host exceptional internaitonal high school students!
Looking for a way to make a difference in the world or in your community? By becoming a host family, your family will learn about a different culture, enjoy lifelong friendships with students, fulfill the dream of a young person, and become a global ambassador in your community.
CIEE Host Families:
- Accept a student into their home as a part of their family for one or two semesters
- Provide a bed and room (student can share a room with a host sibling of the same gender)
- Share 3 meals a day (other meals or school lunches are student's responsibility)
- Receive local and regional support 24/7 from well-trained staff and local volunteers
CIEE STudents:
- Are between the ages of 15 and 18 (Grades 10-12)
- Well screened and thoroughly tested
- Speak English
- Have access to their own spending money
- Have health insurance coverage through CIEE
Becoming a CIEE host family is an experience of mutual discovery. When you give an international student the opportunity to explore American culture through your eyes, you’ll discover a new culture as well, by experiencing new values, traditions, languages and foods.
To learn more, visit www.ciee.org/higschool. Or, start a host family application any time, by going to www.ciee.org/hostapply
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About CIEE: Council on International Educational Exchange
Location:
300 Fore St., Portland, ME 04101, US
Mission Statement
Help people gain understanding, acquire knowledge, and develop skills for living in a globally interdependent and culturally diverse world.
Description
A nonprofit, nongovernmental organization, CIEE is the world leader in international education and exchange. For more than 70 years CIEE has helped thousands of people gain the knowledge and skills necessary to live and work in a globally interdependent and culturally diverse world by offering the most comprehensive, relevant, and valuable exchange programs available.
The High School USA program sponsors international high school students from more than 70 nationalities to attend school and live with American host families each year.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Your homeHopkinton, MA 01748
DATE POSTED
April 23, 2016
SKILLS
- People Skills
- Cross-cultural Communication
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 25
- Host a student for 5 or 10 months