Host Family Video Contest!
December 11, 2009 – Are you a current host family? Win a trip to Washington DC!
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YES- Building Bridges of Understanding
Since 2003, over 2000 young people from countries such as Ghana, Turkey, Egypt and Indonesia have come to the US to live as a “son” or “daughter” in an American family and attend high school for an academic year or semester. YES students share their host families’ everyday lives,
engage in school activities and volunteer in their communities.
They learn about American society and values while helping
to educate others about the customs and culture of their homelands.
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Thailand YES Alumni in Action!
December 29, 2009 – Over 60 YES Alumni led an American culture and information camp in Bangkok.
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Program Testimonials
“Sometimes a bunch of kids can accomplish more in a small amount of time than a country can achieve in decades. We YES students started to remove the misconceptions and initiated a movement against prejudice. We have taken a step for world peace.”
Emrah from Turkey, hosted in Washington
“I believe it is amazing and in fact unbelievable how the YES scholarship
in such a short time has already changed people. Natural parents here in Egypt, after being extremely worried about their children, are feeling very much at ease now. The warmth that their children are finding within their host families in the States is being projected and magnified here”
Sherifa Fayez, Director of AFS Egypt
