World Families Educational Exchanges

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	World Families is a nonprofit educational organization providing international exchange and cultural education programs for children, youth, and families. We are based in Washington State, USA. We are not affiliated with any religious organization.

	WORLD FAMILIES PROVIDES Program management for incoming and outgoing educational group travel Homestay arrangements allowing learning as part of a family unit, rather than as a tourist Cultural education, after school, and summer programs for children and youth. EXCHANGE PROGRAM FOR GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS WORLDWIDE World Families' educational programs are custom-designed to meet the needs of interested organizations and groups around the world. These include organized youth groups, schools, churches, sports groups, civic groups, etc. traveling to or from the US. We have the knowledge and experience to make it easy for your organization or group to include an international exchange as part of your overall program.

	FAMILY INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCES The focus of our programs is on the family. Our programs typically include a homestay, which allows members of the traveling groups to become part of a family unit in another culture. Both in the US and abroad, interested families have the opportunity to invite one of a group of international delegates to experience their family life for a short time. This is a great way families can reap the benefits of an international educational exchange without leaving home. Many young people, whose families have hosted an international delegate through World Families, travel with one of our chaperoned groups to visit their friend on our short homestay abroad program. By discovering another culture through family life, both the hosting families and the international youth participants can increase understanding of their responsibility and role in their own families, communities, and world. AFTER SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS World Families provides after-school and community enrichment programs for youth and families. Our goal is to help develop skills and understanding essential for us to live together more peacefully. Our innovative, educational programs utilize parent and community volunteers. Character building activities are incorporated to help to better know ourselves and to develop skills such as leadership, communication, collaboration, decision-making, civic responsibility and critical thinking. To foster awareness of the rich cultural diversity of the World Family, we provide learn-by-doing projects involving the arts, customs, and languages of other people in the local community and around the world. Working collaboratively with schools and community leadership, we can modify and coordinate the programs to meet unique needs of area youth and families.

WORLD FAMILIES PROVIDES

FAMILY INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCES

AFTER SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS