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NEW & NOTEWORTHY
YFU needs your help! One of the most difficult challenges for the
worldwide YFU network is finding families willing to open their doors
to an exchange student. If you are still in contact with your host family,
please consider reaching out to encourage them to host again.
Email [email protected] to connect your host parents with our international partners.
OPPORTUNITIES ABROAD
AMESON YEAR IN CHINA
INTERNSHIP AT YFU BELGIUM
“Ameson Year in China (AYC) is a unique opportunity
for recent college graduates to become Educational
Ambassadors by spending a year teaching, learning,
and making a difference in public schools across
China. Educational Ambassadors benefit from being
immersed in one of the world’s fastest developing
cultural, economic, and political landscapes.”
Learn more and apply at goayc.org.
YFU Flanders is offering an internship for a
period of 4 to 12 months starting 25 August 2015. The
application deadline is June 30. Request information
from Boudewijn Huysmans, Director of YFU Flanders.
e-mail: [email protected]
ROSETTA STONE DISCOUNTS FOR ALUMNI
YFU COUCHES
If learning a new language is on your list, you
might enjoy a discounted Rosetta Stone account.
YFU is currently offering employees, alumni and
volunteers the opportunity to purchase a 1-year
online Rosetta Stone account for 2015 at a reduced
rate of $100. You can request more information
or an account by emailing [email protected].
Have the itch to travel again and experience life
as a local? Make the world your home and share
your couch with the YFU network. Managed by the
YFU International Secretariat, register your couch
today to host YFU world travelers or find a place to
stay in nearly 1,000 locations around the world!
http://couch.yfu-is.org/
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