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Youth For Understanding USA

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🌎 Intercultural Exchange Program 🌍
🏠 Host an Exchange Student 🏠
🛫 Study Abroad 🛬
💸 Scholarships 💸

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You've got an interesting story to share. We want to share it!

We've got three ways for you to share your story and one easy way to sign up for all three ways.

1: Takeovers📱- Any current YFU exchange student (in the U.S. or abroad) or host family can takeover our Instagram account for a week and show our audience a week in their life. They can post to our account, share to our stories, host Q&As, live stream, and more to give us a peek into what life is like on program.

2: Podcast🎙️ - Our podcast, Life Exchanged: Stories of Understanding, is always open to any current or former student, host family member, Local Coordinator, volunteer, staff member, or stakeholder to YFU to share how intercultural exchange made a difference in their life. This is a video and audio podcast recorded, edited, and posted to Spotify, YouTube, and wherever you listen to podcasts.

3: Blog💻 - If you have a quick update or want a short shout-out of your story, a blog post on our website is a great way to do that! We'll ask you a few questions about your story, share a few pictures to go with the post, and put the blog up on our website. We'll also share the blog out on our social media and email it to our audience so even more people can enjoy your story.

How do you sign up for all of these ways to share your story? 🤔

✔️Head to our website
✔️Find the Get Involved section at the top
✔️Scroll to the bottom button that says Share Your YFU Story (or click the link in our bio 👀)
✔️Fill out the form to let us know what you want to do
✔️Wait patiently, and a member of our Marketing team will reach out!

It's that easy! by @yfuusa

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Did you know that you can brush up on your Spanish while studying abroad in the Czech Republic? 🇨🇿

OR that you can improve your soccer or tennis game while learning how to speak Czech? ⚽🎾

OR that you can become better at your musical instrument of choice while immersing yourself in Czech culture? 🎶

Our study abroad programs in the Czech Republic offer many ways to level up your current skill set while giving you the chance to gain new skills, a new mindset, and lifelong friends and family. 💜

Take a look at our Fall programs at the link in our bio and get your Czech Republic adventure started! by @yfuusa

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You may be able to speak English to study abroad in Australia, but you also have to know the lingo to understand what’s going on around you! 🇦🇺

Test your knowledge of Aussie slang and see if you’re ready for an Australian study abroad adventure next fall!

Apply on our website right away, mate! by @yfuusa

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TAKEOVER USA!!
A day in my life here🇺🇸
🇩🇪➡️🇺🇸
#yfuusa #exchangestudent #dayinmylife#weareyfu by @yfuusa

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The CBYX program changes lives, and it can change yours, too! 💜

But don’t just take our word for it. Take it from these alumni who have experienced the life-changing opportunities the CBYX program offers.

Apply before November 3rd to be in the running! 🇺🇸➡️🇩🇪

🔗 in bio! by @yfuusa

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TAKEOVER USA!!
I’m sooo excited for this week🇺🇸❤️
If you have any questions or ideas please feel free to ask them ❤️
🇩🇪➡️🇺🇸
#yfuusa #weareyfu #exchangestudent #usa by @yfuusa

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We started our takeovers in Germany, and now we’re coming back to the States, where German exchange student Klara will show us a week in her life on program! 🇩🇪➡️🇺🇸

Follow along as she shows us her everyday life, answers all your questions, and more! 💜 by @yfuusa

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TAKEOVER GERMANY!! The end.. To continue following my journey through Germany you can follow @marleigh.in.munich or @marleigh_bb It has been so much fun sharing my perspective and story’s this week along with my everyday life! I hope you enjoyed my takeover. I would conclude this a successful takeover! Tschüss ☺️ #yfuusa #weareyfu #hostfamily #exchangestudent #germany by @yfuusa

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TAKEOVER GERMANY!!! But today we take over making Schnitzel!! 😋 #yfuusa #weareyfu #exchangestudent #maketheworldyourhome #hostfamily by @yfuusa

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Japan is a dream study abroad destination for so many students, and it’s easy to see why! 🇯🇵

➡️ The country is among the safest in the world
➡️ Public transportation is everywhere, allowing you to get wherever you need to go with ease
➡️ Rich culture and history, making it exciting for history and pop culture buffs
➡️ It’s a foodie’s paradise

You can make your dream come true this summer and find yourself immersed in all that Japan has to offer by applying now!

Head to the link in our bio to get your application started! 💻 by @yfuusa

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Behind every exchange experience are people who make it unforgettable: the host family who opened their home, the volunteer who showed up every time, the school that made a student feel welcome. 💜

Now it's your turn to say thank you. Nominate an outstanding host family, alum, volunteer, high school, donor, or partner for the 2026 YFU Awards. 🏆

Nominations close October 31!

Head to our bio to submit your nominations! by @yfuusa

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TAKEOVER GERMANY!! Making pflaumenknödel.. ☺️ #yfuusa #weareyfu #exchangestudent #maketheworldyourhome #hostfamily by @yfuusa

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