Countries From Which We Host Students

AFS-USA Exchange Students come from more than 90 countries around the world to live with a host family like yours and to study at an American high school. Students from every country may not be available in your part of the U.S., but volunteers will work with you to help find the best student to fit your family.

Your local volunteer will share student profiles that match your interests and lifestyle so both your family and exchange student can get the most out of the intercultural experience.





"We had so many amazing adventures in Thailand, I can't possibly tell them all... But the best part was seeing my beautiful Thai daughter again, and seeing her life, and seeing that she is happy. When someone asks you if you’d like to host an international student, say yes. Say yes, because it will open your family in ways you don’t expect. Say yes, because it means you will have family in places of the world you didn’t know anything about. Say yes, because the world will enter your home and your life, and you will be drawn into the wider world in new ways."

-- Read more from Jen, host mom to Mook from Thailand.

Countries from which we host:

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