YFU History
YFU history along the years
Youth For Understanding (YFU) is a volunteer-based global non-profit community driven by the passion of people, consisting of 55+ Member Organizations across six continents. As a leader in intercultural exchange and educational programs for more than 70 years, YFU has impacted more than 270.000 students – and their host families, schools and networks – and more than 70.000 volunteers.
From 1951-1971
Local church leaders that they create a youth exchange program to bring German students to the United States to live with a family and attend high school for a year. It was a vision and hope was that the exchange experience would motivate the students to return to Germany and rebuild their country as a democracy, according to what they observed while living in the United States.
Dr. Rachel AndresenFrom 1972-1988
New roads were explored and new countries were invited
