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Host families play a vital role in the success of an assignment.  By welcoming an intern from another country into their home, volunteer host families gain friendship, understanding, knowledge and a connection to the world.  They will experience new tastes and customs, and have the chance to practice their intern’s language.  Their children will learn about different parts of the world from the intern, and may receive extra help with their own language studies.

Long-lasting relationships that may develop between the family and intern can lead to an ongoing exchange of friendship and hospitality.  Children may also benefit from having an international friend and a foreign pen pal.  Learning about another culture may create new interests in travel and international issues.  Hosts may also gain a new perspective of Americans and American culture as seen through the intern’s eyes, leading, perhaps, to broadening their own opinions, beliefs and values.


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This experience changed my life! Now, I have more dreams and some other goals. I'm so thankful for everything that I've learned. I want to continue growing as a human and as a teacher. The Amity program is one the best things that ever happened to me." - Michelle, 2018-2019 Intern

We have been working with Amity for several years. Learning about different cultures, communities, traditions, music, arts, dances and more, helps our students to see the world as a global place fostering diversity and respect. Having a second adult in the classroom helps our teachers to be able to have more individualized attention to students and work on small groups. Amity has been a wonderful organization to work with, reliable and accessible, bringing highly qualified young people to work in our school."- Maria Buceta Miller, Amity School Coordinator, John Stanford International School

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Pictured here: Gabriela and her fellow Amities pre-plunge.
It's hard to believe that this photo is from about It's hard to believe that this photo is from about a year ago - right before everything changed! It certainly has been a wild year, but we still love looking back at the incredible memories that have been shared by our Amity Community.  The Amity Team is so excited to welcome  Interns and Teachers once again for the 2021-2022 school year. 

Pictured here:  ISLA Interns (in Minnetonka, MN) from Colombia, El Salvador and Spain enjoying the snow.  Thanks for the photo, Mónica.
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