Wisconsin 4-H promotes intercultural awareness and understanding and challenges youth and families to become better global citizens by providing opportunities to establish close relationships with people from different cultures through international home-stay and hosting experiences.
Month-long travel and hosting opportunities are available through Wisconsin 4-H and our partnering organizations in Japan, Korea, Mexico, Costa Rica, Argentina, Finland, Norway and Australia, as well as opportunities to host year-long high school students from Japan, Korea, or Eurasia. International learning workshops are offered at the at the county, district and state levels, and adult volunteer leadership positions are available as well as youth exchanges.
For more information, contact Wisconsin 4-H International Programs at 608-262-2491 or wi4hinternational@gmail.com or check out our brochure here.
August 10th, 2011
stephanie.hemshrot
Have you thought about hosting a young person from another country through an international exchange? Now is the time! You can host a young person from Japan, Korea, or Mexico for one month this summer through Wisconsin 4-H International Programs. Just provide a bed and three meals a day along with a welcoming home for your student. It’s the best way to begin your involvement in international programs and to start broadening your family’s horizons.
Interested? Visit wi4hinternational.org/host or fill out an online host application here. Want to hear what other families have to say about hosting? Check out this video or click here for some written testimonials.
Wisconsin 4-H International: A World of Difference.
May 4th, 2012
nolan.lendved
A few words from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton about hosting foreign exchange students. You can be a host family through Wisconsin 4-H! Just click here for more information about hosting.
April 23rd, 2012
nolan.lendved
Wisconsin 4-H International Programs is still accepting host family application for summer 2012! You can apply to host a young person from Japan, South Korea, or Mexico for one month this summer. Click here for more information, or click here to get started on an application now!
Wisconsin 4-H is also accepting applications to host yearlong high school students for the 2012-2013 school year. You can host a student from Japan, Korea, or Eurasia!
April 13th, 2012
nolan.lendved
Congratulations to the 8 youth and 2 adult advisors for their successful completion of the Wisconsin International 4-H Youth Exchange outbound orientation at Upham Woods in the Wisconsin Dells. The weekend-long orientation included presentations from 4-H International alumni, interactive learning sessions, and even some fun and games. We wish the best of luck to our delegates and chaperones as they continue their preparations for their homestay adventures abroad in Australia, Japan, and Norway.
March 3rd, 2012
nolan.lendved
Wisconsin 4-H is proud to announce that 8 Wisconsin youth will be travelling around the world to Japan (2), Norway (3), and Australia (3) this summer through Wisconsin 4-H International Programs. Each student will be spending a month in their host country living with a host family and being immersed in a new culture. Two adult advisers from Wisconsin will also be chaperoning 4-H groups abroad, one to Japan for 8 weeks and the other to Norway for 4 weeks.
If you are interested in traveling the world and experiencing life in another country, click here for more information about Wisconsin 4-H International’s outbound travel programs.
February 27th, 2012
nolan.lendved
You can apply to host a young person from Japan, Korea, Mexico, Finland, or Argentina this summer for one month through Wisconsin 4-H! Click here for more information and to apply online.
Wisconsin 4-H also offers high school year-long hosting programs as well as outbound travel programs. Check out wi4hinternational.org for more information about these and other programs.
February 15th, 2012
nolan.lendved
Applications to host delegates from Japan, Korea, Finland, Argentina, and Mexico are not available! You can click here to download the application, which you can fill out on your computer and email in to wi4hinternational@gmail.com or print, complete, and mail to the address listed on the application. For more information about our month-long summer hosting programs, click here. If you have questions, don’t hesitate to contact us at 608-262-2491 or wi4hinternational@gmail.com.
Note that starting soon, a new online form will be available on our website. Paper and emailed forms will still be accepted.
December 12th, 2011
nolan.lendved
Are you wondering if hosting a young person from a different country is something that you want your family to be involved in? Listen to what these past hosts have to say after their month-long experiences in 2011. Now is the time to start the experience of a lifetime for your family! Click here to see more information about hosting and to find out how to apply to become a host family for a young person or adult leader from Japan, Korea, Finland, Argentina, or Mexico in the summer of 2012! Wisconsin 4-H International: A World of Difference!
December 8th, 2011
nolan.lendved
Check out the new promotional video for WI 4-H International. More to come!
August 15th, 2011
nolan.lendved
Wisconsin 4-H promotes intercultural awareness and understanding and challenges youth and families to become better global citizens by providing opportunities to establish close relationships with people from different cultures through international home-stay and hosting experiences.