Youth for Understanding
Youth for Understanding (
YFU) is a
non-profit organisation which organizes high school and other
exchangess between countries all over the world, especially between the
USA,
Canada,
Brasil,
New Zealand,
Australia,
Germany,
Russia,
Finland, and
Latvia. Its goal is to enhance an understanding of the host country's
culture as well as giving the host family a glance at the exchange student's culture, thus promoting tolerance and peaceful global cooperation.
See also AFS (American Field Service).
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