Opportunity to Host International High School Students!
ORGANIZATION: Cultural Homestay International - Missouri, Arkansas & Oklahoma
Please visit the new page to apply.
Host an International High School Student for 5 or 10 months throughout the school year. Welcome families can host at the beginning of the school year for 2-3 months.
Students:
- Have their own Health Insurance
- Come with their own spending money
- Pay for their own clothing, personal hygience, activities, cell phones and service, Laptops (usually)
- Speak English (must pass a English Proficiency Test before coming)
- Come from over 30 countries
- Attend your local public school
Host Families:
- Offer loving and nurturing environment
- Show their student an American cultural experience
- Provide room & board
- Reasonable transportation (students are not allowed to drive during the program)
- Must pass a background check
- Must be 25+ years
- Married or Single with or without children, Empty Nesters
- English must be the primary language spoken in the home
If you match all these qualities, I'd love to set up an In-Home Interview to discuss your options for hosting this upcoming school year. We offer students and host family activities throughout the school year. It's fun to get a new student every year and show them your American Culture along with learning their culture, as well. This is a great way to utitlize this opprotunity to travel abroad and have your own "travel guide." These students become a member of your family for life! You will miss them!
Your family can choose the student that best matches your interests. This is imperative to make the match work to succeed! Please don't wait because students are awaiting to hear they have a new host family and they are going to get to come! Plus school spots are limited depending on which school district you live in.
Contact: Eddie or Laura Parks
Email: chiparks80@gmail.com
Cultural Homestay International has been around since 1980. There are other opportunities on the website: www.chinet.org
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About Cultural Homestay International - Missouri, Arkansas & Oklahoma
Location:
3691 w cardinal, Springfield, MO 65810, US
Mission Statement
CHI is dedicated to carefully matching international exchange students with wonderful American host families and U.S. high schools. Every year high school-aged youth from over 30 countries around the world participate in CHI’s high school foreign exchange program - the Academic Year Program (AYP). As a U.S. Department of State designated J-1 visa program sponsor, CHI adheres to the highest level of program compliance. Host families can feel confident that they are participating in a quality educational and cultural foreign exchange program.
Description
Host families are the backbone of the CHI Academic Year Program (AYP). By volunteering and opening your home and heart to the world’s young people, you are donating to them an uncommon gift: an offer of friendship, a willingness to share themselves and their way of life, and a genuine interest in learning about culture and customs.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
This is a Virtual Opportunity with no fixed address.
DATE POSTED
June 6, 2016
SKILLS
- Soccer
- Dance / Aerobics
- Baseball
- Martial Arts
- Outdoor Recreation
- Basketball
GOOD FOR
- Kids
- Teens
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 25
- Orientation or Training
- Students come for 5 or 10 months