BUILD LIFELONG FRIENDSHIPS
Rotary believes that cultivating empathy and understanding is an effective way to build bridges among nations and cross cultural, racial, and religious divides. With this goal in mind, we have been organising live-in experiences across the globe for the past sixty-plus years.
Our Youth Exchange Programme gives students, parents, and host families the opportunity to broaden their cultural horizons. Students get the opportunity to live in another country for either six weeks or a full academic year. Parents present their children with the experience of a life time. Host families care for and learn from foreign students from all over the world.
The programme aims to assist Southern African teenagers to become citizens of the world, to promote self-development and to foster international relations and goodwill.
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Five reasons why a culture shock is a good thing
Teens are a great risk of getting the most out of a proper culture shock. Before you get bogged down by the routine and monotony of adult life, take this opportunity to create experiences. Sir Richard Branson says it best: “The gladdest moment in human life, me thinks, is a departure into unknown lands.” And for the more philosophically-inclined: “I am not the same, having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world.” Says Mary Anne Radmacher.
So why is travel such a great way to broaden your horizons? Here are our top 5 reasons:
Whether you are a student travelling to a foreign land, a parent letting your precious child spread their wings, or a host family caring for a student from another country, a culture shock does a world of good to all involved.
Why use Rotary Youth Exchange
to broaden your horizons?
The Rotary International Youth Exchange programme is the most inexpensive of its kind in the country.
Rotary Youth Exchange is a non-profit organisation.
We offer multi-tiered support to students, parents, and host families.
We arrange flights, transits, and accommodation.