AFS Greater Los Angeles

Make our World a better place! Host a high school exchange student for a semester or full school year. Through hosting, you would be building a more just and peaceful world. You CAN make a difference.

New students begin arriving in early August. They could be the newest member of your family...for life!

If interested, Contact Us or phone AFS at 1-800-AFS-INFO.

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Are you an AFS Returnee living in the Los Angeles area? Want connect and share your story with current or future AFSers, or get involved with AFS activities in the L.A. area?

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• Returnee Reconnect on Facebook
• Learn About the Returnee Initiative

Our own Ella from Indonesia ('10-'11) has created a video that is a reflection of her wonderful year here in L.A.  We love ya, Ella!!

AFS has a partnership with the State Department’s National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) Program, which provides merit-based scholarships to U.S. high school students and recent graduates interested in learning less-commonly studied foreign languages overseas.

AFS has a partnership with the Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study (YES) Program, which is funded by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and provides full scholarships for American high school students to study for up to one year in countries with significant Muslim populations. Additionally, the YES Program provides the opportunity for students from Islamic countries to participate in a homestay here in the U.S.

AFS has a partnership with the Future Leaders Exchange (FLEX) Program, which is funded by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and which provides scholarships for students from former Soviet bloc countries in order to participate in a homestay here in the U.S.