San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) Could 04, 2011
Ayusa, a non-profit organization that supplies foreign exchange, study abroad and leadership experiences to students from all around the globe, is seeking for American families interested in hosting a substantial school foreign exchange student for the 2011-2012 college year.
?Sharing the American expertise with an international student is a exclusive opportunity for the typical American to profoundly influence the life of a teenager, and supply him or her with a constructive, transformational experience that they will remember for the rest of their lives,? stated Sherry Carpenter, executive director of Ayusa. ?It is also a great way to give back, making a amazing particular person-to-person citizen diplomacy effort.?
From apple pie to Rice Krispy Treats, from tailgating parties to Black Friday buying adventures, from Friday night substantial college football games to Fourth of July picnics, foreign exchange college students want to expertise day-to-day life in America.
?In Tunisia, we always hear about Americans and American lifestyle, in movies, media, songs, almost everything, and I know it is different, and I wanted to figure out this difference myself,? said Asma, a bubbly substantial college student from Tunisia who is investing the 2010-2011 college year in Alaska.
Ayusa foreign exchange college students come from more than 60 countries, are totally insured, bring their personal spending funds, and are proficient in English. Whether or not from Japan or Brazil, India or Sweden, Ukraine or Mexico, foreign exchange college students are a window into an additional culture and a fantastic way to travel the globe without leaving your property.
?We?ve been hosting substantial college exchange students for ten years, and the expertise has provided us a diverse point of view about a lot of things in our lives,? said Jody Sauls, an Ayusa host mom from Tennessee, who is hosting a student from Hong Kong. ?My kids have discovered not to take clean running water or three meals a day for granted, and to be respectful and tolerant of other folks. My younger daughter just lately produced the comment that having an exchange student each and every year is like living in a World Geography lesson. I cannot say adequate about how the hosting expertise has positively impacted my household.?
There is no ?normal? American host household and Ayusa welcomes all interested families, with or without having children, from both urban and rural communities. Host households provide three meals a day and a bedroom (either private or shared). Each student is supported by a professionally educated neighborhood representative from Ayusa who functions with the loved ones and student for the entire system. All host households need to pass a criminal background examine and residence visit from an Ayusa representative prior to currently being eligible to host.
Each and every year, far more than 28,000 international large college students ages 15 to 19 years old come to the U.S. to study as part of U.S. government-sponsored foreign exchange programs.
Ayusa has been a member of the Council on Requirements for International Educational Travel (CSIET) for far more than 25 many years ? since its foundation. CSIET evaluates U.S.-primarily based youth exchange programs so that college students, families and colleges can determine inbound and outbound respected exchange organizations.
Ayusa is a 501(c)3, and an official U.S. Department of State designated Exchange Visitor Program Sponsor. Households interested in studying much more about hosting an exchange student can check out http://www.ayusa.org or call 1-888-552-9872.
About Ayusa
Ayusa International is a nonprofit organization founded in 1981 to advertise global studying and leadership via foreign exchange, study abroad and leadership programs for higher school college students from the U.S. and close to the globe. In addition, Ayusa administers many large profile grant programs funded by the U.S. Department of State. Ayusa is portion of the Intrax household of organizations that present a lifetime of higher high quality educational, operate, and volunteer programs that connect people and cultures, with operations in far more than 100 countries throughout the world.
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