YFU World

Youth For Understanding (YFU) is a leader in high school youth exchange programs. Since 1951 YFU has exchanged more than 270,000 teenagers around the world. Teenagers live with host families and attend local high schools on academic programs

Mission: YFU advances intercultural understanding, life-long learning, global competencies, mutual respect, and social responsibility through transformational educational exchanges for generations of youth, families, and communities, supported by dedicated volunteers and professional staff.