Open your Heart to Students Like These.
If you are an interested family and do not see a match here, you should contact Happy or Robin, as their are many AFSers in the country still waiting for great host families and we can work to find a match.
Contact Happy or Robin for a Host Family Application
Kenichi 18 (m) from Japan Kenichi likes soccer, skiing and playing the drums. He likes to stay busy and would like to be an engineer. At home he goes to a boarding school, so on weekends he cherishes the time he spends with his younger brother and sister. Kenichi has been accepted into the Greenwich Schools and is available for either full year or second semester placement. If you are interested in hosting him and are in another district, contact Happy, Robin or Jan.
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Eastern New York, in addition to our other students, hosts a special group of YES Scholarship students. This U.S. State Department scholarship is a response to 9/11 and promotes the AFS mission of peace, one person at a time. YES students are from traditionally Muslim countries. You need not be Muslim or have access to a mosque to host a Muslim student. Generally, not serving pork during their stay is requested though. If you have a special interest in hosting one of these students, contact AFS locally or through the AFS link.
Nurul, called Vita, 16 (f) is a YES student from Indonesia She does Tae Kwon Do three times a week, enjoys playing volleyball, basketball and badminton for fun and participates in debate competitions. We are looking for a January-June family in the Niskayuna School District for Vita.
Above, three Eastern New York YES students from Ghana, The Philippines and Turkey, prepare to return home. As a part of their scholarship requirement, they will teach others what they have learned about U.S. culture.
To learn more about the YES program, click on About YES Students in the bar along the left.