Welcome an International Exchange Student to Your Family
Caring volunteer host families across the U.S. are rewarded with an amazing experience for the entire family.
Families that Host a Student with AYA Feel Comfortable Knowing:
- You can host for just a semester, full school term, or welcome period.
- You are able to choose the student that you will host.
- Students come to the U.S. with their own health insurance & spending money.
- Each student has a Local Coordinator near his or her new American family for support.
- Our team is dedicated and available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
- Students come from over 40 countries.
Why Should You Host?
Hosting a student from a foreign country will enrich your life! Every year hundreds of American families choose to host a teenager from a foreign country. Why do they do it?
- To build memories and friendships that will last a lifetime
- To bring the world into their home and to enrich the lives of family members
- To share the culture of America with a student from another country
- To make a difference in the world by showing your student how we live and our customs and values
- To learn about another culture from your new ‘son’ or ‘daughter’
Our AYA student are young embassadors from their countries. Your family can host a student from:
| Armenia Albania Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Bosnia & Herzegovina Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Cameroon Chile China Egypt Gaza Germany |
Ghana Hungary India Indonesia Italy Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kosovo Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Lebanon Liberia Libya Macedonia Malaysia |
Luxembourg Mali Moldova Morocco Mozambique Nigeria Oman Pakistan Philippines Poland Qatar Republic of Georgia Russia Saudi Arabia Senegal Sierra Leone |
South Africa South Korea Spain Suriname Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Ukraine Vietnam West Bank Yemen |
Visit http://www.academicyear.org/ for more information!