Ayusa

Ayusa is headquartered in San Francisco, California with a largely volunteer force of Representatives, Host Families and local community members all over the U.S.

Volunteer host families are the cornerstone of the Ayusa program. They invite an international high school student to live in their home and experience life in America with their family. They offer a high school student the opportunity to study in an American high school, experience a new culture, build lifelong friendships and develop language and leadership skills that will serve them throughout their lives.

Hosting a foreign exchange student is a rewarding and life enriching experience for American families for a variety of reasons:

• Introducing your family to a new culture and language
• Grow closer as a family as you help an international student experience a new community
• Experience the joys of having a new family member to love
• Practice hospitality and generosity with your own family
• Support diversity and cross-cultural understanding in your own home
• Increase cultural awareness within your community
• Create an international friendship that lasts a lifetime