Factbites
 Where results make sense
About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   PR   |   Contact us  

Topic: Rotary Youth Exchange


Related Topics

  
  Rotary Youth Exchange
RYE is not associated with The Rotary Foundation; it is open to families of Rotarians.
It is a program coordinated by Rotary clubs and districts that allows students, at their families' expense, to spend up to a year attending school in another country as a member of Rotary-approved host families.
To qualify to be a RYE Student, students who will be age 16 to 18 ½ at the start of the exchange and are in the upper half of their academic class, must apply through their local Rotary club the prior September.
www.ridistrict6220.org /rye   (395 words)

  
  Encyclopedia topic: Rotary Youth Exchange   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Since 1927, Rotary International (A group of businessmen in a town organized as a service club and to promote world peace) has sent young people around the globe to experience new cultures.
The Rotary Club of Nice (A city in southeastern France on the Mediterranean; the leading resort on the French Riviera), France (A republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe) initiated the first exchange.
Youth Exchanges began in the United States (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776) in 1939 and by now have spread world-wide.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/r/ro/rotary_youth_exchange.htm   (177 words)

  
 Rotary International: Youth Exchange
Youth Exchange provides thousands of young people with the opportunity to meet people from other lands and to experience their cultures.
Thanks to the generosity of the Rotary clubs of Baldwin City, Kansas, USA, and Fukui North, Fukui, Japan, I was able to begin a journey that continues to provide me deep personal and professional satisfaction...
Everyone involved in Youth Exchange — students, Youth Exchange Officers, parents, and host parents — is invited to share stories and photos, which may be featured on the Web site and in RI publications.
www.rotary.org /programs/youth_ex   (216 words)

  
 Southwest Nebraska News - from the Republican Valley Media Group, McCook, NE   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Youth Exchange provides students with the opportunity to meet people from other lands and to experience their cultures, thus increasing international understanding.
With Rotary, the student and his or her parents or guardians are responsible for the following: round-trip airfare to the host country; health and accident insurance; all travel documents, such as passports and visas; clothing and spending money; and an emergency fund for use during the year.
Rotary is a worldwide organization of business and professional leaders that provides humanitarian service, encourages high ethical standards in all vocations, and helps build goodwill and peace in the world.
www.swnebr.net /newspaper/cgi-bin/articles/articlearchiver.pl?157843   (754 words)

  
 Rotary Youth Exchange Australia
Rotary International, in line with its objective to provide the best student exchange programme is developing a worlwide Certification process for all particpating clubs and the neccessary infrastructure of the programme.
Youth Exchange is an official program of Rotary International and allows around 8000 students to exchange annually to around 60 different countries.
These Rotary accredited families are volunteers who will welcome and care for you, supervise your year and introduce you to their culture and lifestyle.
www.rotarnet.com.au /users/y/youth_exchange   (488 words)

  
 Rotary District 5890 - Rotary Youth Exchange Rules   (Site not responding. Last check: )
As a Youth Exchange Student sponsored by a Rotary Club and/or District, you must agree to the following rules and conditions of exchange.
Abide by the rules and conditions of exchange of the Hosting District provided to you by the District Youth Exchange Committee.
Travel is permitted with host parents or for Rotary club or district functions authorized by the hosting Rotary Club or district with proper adult chaperones.
www.rotary5890.org /rye/html/rules.html   (877 words)

  
 Rotary Youth Exchange D6440 - Welcome to the Youth Exchange!
Contact Us Rotary District 6440, known as "The Home District" is comprised of 72 Rotary clubs with approximately 3,000 Rotarians, located in 5 counties of northeastern Illinois, USA.
As a Rotary Youth Exchange student, you will spend a year living on a cultural exchange with several host families in a country other than your own.
Or, as a Rotary volunteer or Host Parent, if you want to discover new worlds through a Rotary Youth Exchange program by opening your heart to a young exchanger, then you’re ready to be a part of our RYE program.
www.rye6440.org   (288 words)

  
 Rotary District 5650
Rotary Youth Exchange is a country-to-country exchange of high-school age young people who are between the ages of 15 and 19 years old when they arrive in the hosting country.
Rotary International, which sponsors this program, is an international volunteer organization comprised of Rotarians around the world dedicated to improving their community, both locally and globally, through service to others.
Conduct and administration of the Exchange program is the responsibility of the two participating Rotary Districts under the authority of their respective District Governors, Rotarians who are elected for a one-year term to provide leadership to the clubs and Rotarians in their Districts.
www.rotarydistrict5650.org /youthex/index.htm   (446 words)

  
 Youth Exchange Program - Rotary International - District 4410 (Espírito Santo, Brasil)   (Site not responding. Last check: )
All host Rotary District Rotary Youth Exchange Guidelines and Conditions relating to Insurance, Documentation, and Rotary Obligations must be fully complied with.
The main objective of Rotary is service — in the community, in the workplace, and throughout the world.
The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster: FIRST.
www.rotary4410.org.br /yep/inboundguidelines.html   (2158 words)

  
 International Programs
Youth Exchange is one of the most popular programs to promote international understanding and develop lifelong friendships.
The values of Youth Exchange are experienced not only by the high school-age students involved but also by the host families, sponsoring clubs, receiving high schools and the entire community.
Youth Exchange participants usually provide their fellow students in their host schools with excellent opportunities to learn about customs, languages, traditions and family life in another country.
www.rotarymadison.org /int_programs/int_programs.htm   (1387 words)

  
 Youth Exchange The Rotary Club of Scottsdale
Three students hosted by the Scottsdale Rotary Club are currently overseas for their exciting youth exchange year.
She reports that the exchange is going really well, my counselors, teachers, and members of her host family have been really helpful in her adjustment to life in Denmark.
More recently, she has just gotten back from a week long Rotary camp on Jutland where she got to meet all of the other Rotary exchange students for the first time.
www.scottsdalerotary.org /YouthExchange.html   (720 words)

  
 Rotary International Youth Exchange Program - District 5130 in California, United States (U.S.A.) | For Students   (Site not responding. Last check: )
It is customary that hosting Rotary Clubs provide their Exchange Students with a monthly stipend equivalent to $50 U.S. Private schools, uniforms and materials may be the financial responsibility of the student.
Rotary has a very well structured organizational system, which will give you multiple opportunities to seek guidance or assistance in your foreign exchange country.
Rotary has seriously evaluated this question and has deemed it necessary that all Rotary Exchange Students forfeit their driving privileges for the duration of their exchange year.
www.youthexchange5130.org /students-out.html   (2222 words)

  
 Rotary Youth Exchange Program | Rotary District 6190
Rotary International's Youth Exchange program is a very important aspect of the Rotary service agenda.
This is a total immersion in the culture of the host country so that the exchange will be educated in the language, history, geography, social mores and current affairs of the host country.
Organizes a Youth Exchange committee to appoint a Counselor for inbound and outbound Exchangees.
www.rotary6190.org /view/74   (311 words)

  
 Rotary District 5130 Youth Exchange
District 5130 Youth Exchange is a Rotary International Certified Program that provides a diverse, high-quality exchange experience for Inbound Students from 16 countries all over the world.
Rotary members are business and professional leaders who provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards, and help build goodwill and peace in the world.
Rotary International Youth Exchange is a rapidly growing program serving the Rotary mission of "building goodwill and peace in the world".
www.youthexchange5130.org   (325 words)

  
 Rotary Youth Exchange
Youth Exchange provides thousands of young people with the opportunity to meet people from other lands and to experience their cultures.
Exchanges between clubs in California, USA, and Latin American countries began in 1939, and exchange activities spread to the eastern United States in 1958.
In 1972, the RI Board of Directors agreed to recommend Youth Exchange to clubs worldwide as a worthwhile international activity that promotes global peace and understanding.
rotarywindsorstclair.com /ecom.asp?pg=rotary-youth-exchange   (245 words)

  
 Rotary Youth Exchange in Great Britain and Ireland
If you are ready for the challenge and the rewards of living in another country and experiencing another culture, then Rotary's Youth Exchange programme will enable you to discover yourself and obtain a broader view of the world and its inhabitants.
Long term exchanges usually last for a school year, during which time the student attends a school or college in the host country and lives with several host families.
Short-term exchanges involve spending 3 weeks during the summer staying with an exchange partner and exploring a different country, another culture and possibly another language.
www.youthribi.org   (224 words)

  
 District 5100 Rotary Youth Exchange Program, Southwest Washington and Northern Oregon, United States of America, USA - ...
Local Rotary Clubs in District 5100 interview high school sophomores and select 50 long term outbound students to make the journey to another country and live for a year in the homes of host families selected by Rotary.
As a Rotary Youth Exchange student you will spend a year overseas as an ambassador representing yourself, your family, your community, and your country.
Rotary International is an organization of business and professional leaders, united worldwide, and dedicated to humanitarian service and ethical standards in business.
www.youthexchange5100.org   (345 words)

  
 Youth Service
It is also important that the student and his or her family understands the basics of Rotary and what Rotary does around the world.
Youth Exchange students are expected to attend school on a regular basis, to follow all the rules of the exchange, the rules set by your host families, and the laws of the hosting country and to adhere to the values your parents have instilled in you.
Youth Exchange students are expected to follow all the rules of rules of the exchange, the rules set by your host families, the laws of the hosting country and to adhere to the values your parents have instilled in you.
www.rotary5170.org /ave_youth/xchange.asp   (1991 words)

  
 Rotary Youth Exchange | Rotary District 6150
As a Rotary Youth Exchange student, you will spend a year, or perhaps just an extended period of time, living with a host family in a country other than your own.
Short-term exchanges usually involve a stay with a host family, but they can also be organized as international youth camps, which bring together students from many different countries.
It is standard practice for local Rotary districts and clubs to screen youth interested in the program by using detailed applications and interviews.
www.rotary6150.org /go/ye   (617 words)

  
 Youth Exchange Program Offered by Rotary District 6650
Youth Exchange provides thousands of young people with the opportunity to meet people from other lands and to experience their cultures, thus planting the seeds for a lifetime of international understanding.
In 1972, the Rotary International Board of Directors agreed to recommend Youth Exchange to clubs worldwide as a worthwhile international activity promoting global peace and understanding.
By attending the exchange student meetings, the students gather information about what if feels like to be an Inbound, what country is the best for them, potential problems they may encounter, and how to succeed.
www.rotary6650yep.com   (455 words)

  
 ROTEX-USA.ORG - About Rotary International Youth Exchange Programs   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Rotary Youth Exchange (or R.Y.E.) has two different programs -- an academic year abroad program and a four to six week short term exchange (also known as the holiday exchange).
Rotary is a decentralized organization and individual Rotary districts typically are responsible for running the exchange program in their districts.
Another Rotary exchange program is for professionals who have been working for at least a few years.
www.rotex-usa.org /AboutRYE.asp   (332 words)

  
 Rotary Youth Exchange District 9920
The Rotary Youth Exchange (RIYE) Programme commenced in 1929 and is an official programme of Rotary International.
RIYE students will be sponsored by a District 9920 Rotary Club who will appoint a counsellor to maintain contact with the student during there exchange.
An exchange is not assurred until the student has been accepted by a hosting overseas Rotary Club.
www.youthexchange.org.nz   (551 words)

  
 Youth Exchange - Rotary District 9800
As the oldest exchange program of its kind, Rotary Youth Exchange takes pride in choosing students who are academically above average, articulate, and demonstrate leadership in their communities.
Involvement with an exchange student challenges a host family to become familiar with another culture, while providing the opportunity to share a student's hopes and ambitions.
Because Rotary exchanges with more countries than any other exchange organisation, you could have a student from one of 163 countries living in your home.
www.rotarydistrict9800.org.au /YouthExchange   (717 words)

  
 ClubRunner District Services
As the peace of the fl night dissipated, the malice of the morning light was a shock to bare naked eyes.
Rotary Youth Exchange makes a point to integrate its ambassadors not only into a family but a culture.
Rotary Youth Exchange will forever help me to better understand and relate to others.
www.clubrunner.ca /dprg/dxprogramhome/_programhome.aspx?did=6290&pageid=18641   (703 words)

  
 Rotary District 5300 - Youth Exhange
See Rotary Youth Exchange Primer http://www.rotary.org/newsroom/downloadcenter/pdfs/752.pdf It is also important that the student and his or her family understands the basics of Rotary and what Rotary does around the world.
Youth Exchange students are expected to follow all rules of the exchange, the rules set by your host families, laws of the hosting country and adhere to the values your parents have instilled in you.
This includes a blue Rotary blazer, club pins and banners to exchange while abroad, and gifts for the student during the holidays and his or her birthday.
district5300.org /youthexchange/index.html   (1957 words)

  
 Welcome to District 9600 Youth Exchange
As a Rotary Youth Exchange student, you will spend a year, living with a host family in a country other than your own.
If you are ready for the challenge and the rewards of living in another land as an exchange student, then you are ready to discover new worlds through Rotary's Youth Exchange programme.
It is standard practice for local Rotary districts and clubs to screen youth interested in the programme by using detailed applications and interviews.
www.youth-exchange.net   (368 words)

  
 Youth Exchange Officers
Rotary Youth Exchange gives your Rotary Club the opportunity to open the doors of the world for the young people in your community.
And they learn about themselves in such a way that youth exchange is frequently a milestone of decision and growth in their lives.
If you are involved in Rotary in District 5080 and would like to be more involved in Rotary Youth Exchange, as a host parent, as a Youth Exchange Volunteer, or just as someone who wants to help in any capacity, I invite you to send us a quick email.
www.rotary5080ye.org /youth_exchange_officers.htm   (373 words)

  
 Rotary Youth Exchange
Youth Exchange is a term used by Rotary International in a broad sense to cover all the ways in which young people can travel abroad, to get to know each other, their way of life, their thinking and their culture, so promoting international understanding between people of all nations.
The age range is 14-22 years and activities include exchanges, camps and tours, group exchanges, youth study exchanges, pen friends, hospitality without exchange and school year exchanges.
Sons and daughters of Rotarians are eligible for all forms of Youth Exchange but where applications from non –Rotarian families are made, a sponsoring letter from the president and secretary of a Rotary Club must support them.
www.rotary1280.org /youth/youth_exchange.asp   (121 words)

  
 District 6460 Youth Exchange
Students are selected by Rotary Clubs on the basis of their application and a personal interview.
Both the sponsoring and the hosting club provide a counselor or youth exchange officer to maintain contact and monitor the student's progress before and during the actual exchange.
The exchange is a unique opportunity for young Americans to experience first hand the culture of another country, meet other students from throughout the world on a personal basis, and perhaps gain a new language.
www.rotarydistrict6460.org /rye6460/index.html   (969 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)

Factbites
  About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   Press   |   Contact us  
Copyright © 2005-2007 www.factbites.com Usage implies agreement with terms.