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Youth for Understanding (YFU) is one of the world's largest, and most respected international exchange programs. YFU students gain skills and perspectives necessary to meet the challenges and opportunities faced in our fast-changing, global community.

Description:
YFU offers young people the adventure of a lifetime - the opportunity to explore other countries and cultures, master new languages, and discover themselves. We seek to transform young people by instilling passion for life-long learning, and the skills and knowledge to thrive and contribute amidst cultural diversity. To achieve these significant educational aims, we provide young people between the ages of 15 and 22 a variety of intensive exchange opportunities. Young enough to fully adjust to a new country and culture, yet old enough to reflect and integrate their experiences, our participants reap the rewards of host family and community life. We believe that this full immersion is the most effective means of international education, which will be increasingly relevant for generations to come.

History:
A network of over 50 partner offices and organizations, YFU's global history began very humbly in the United States. In 1951 and American minister, John Eberly, proposed to church leaders that teenagers from war-torn Germany be brought to the United States to live with a family and attend high school for a year in an effort to heal wounds of World War II.

Dr. Rachel Andresen, Executive Director of the Ann Arbor/Washtenaw Council of Churches, educator, and social worker, was asked to led her assistance. In 1952 the Council received permission to act as the offical agency for this program. It was named "Youth for Understanding."

Contact person: Theresa Nowak, District Coordinator Of Recruitment And Development, (phone), (email)
Office fax number: (617) 868-3774

Address:

2380 Massachusetts Ave, Suite 101 Cambridge, MA 02140 (See a map)

Web Site: http://www.yfu-usa.org

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