We’re looking for host families for 2024!
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Hosting an AFS international student is your family’s chance to experience a new culture in your own home. AFS friendships last a lifetime, expand your horizons and give you a new son or daughter. AFS offers support throughout the entire process.
As a not-for-profit charity, AFS doesn’t pay host families. Instead our host families are volunteers who invite a student into their home and make them part of the family. Students are expected to do dishes, make their beds, everything a member of the household is expected to do! Additionally, AFS students are not international students: once in New Zealand they are domestic students.
All types of families are encouraged to apply; there is no “typical” AFS host family. Some AFS families have children at home. Some are same sex couples. Others are empty nesters with adult children or are couples with no children at all. Single adults and single parents are also welcome. Even busy families find time to enjoy hosting AFS students!
If you have more questions email [email protected] or fill out our Hosting Enquiry form