# Ayusa

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'''Ayusa''' ('''Ayusa International''') is a non-profit organization dedicated to promote global learning and leadership through foreign exchange, study abroad, and leadership programs for high school students from the U.S. and around the world.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17022158 "Xi Jinping Iowa visit echoes past trips by future stars"] BBC News.  February 14, 2012.</ref>  The organization was co-founded by John Wilhelm and Takeshi Yokota in 1981 and is headquartered in [San Francisco](/source/San_Francisco), [California](/source/California). John Wilhelm and Takeshi Yokota also founded Intrax.

Ayusa is a founding member of the Counsel on Standards for International Educational Travel (CSIET) and has received a full listing as an accredited exchange organization for 25 years, since CSIET's inception.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://csiet.org/publications-resources/publications/listed-programs.html |title=CSIET: Council on Standards for International Educational Travel |accessdate=2011-08-12 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110820054226/http://www.csiet.org/publications-resources/publications/listed-programs.html |archivedate=2011-08-20 }}</ref>

Ayusa matches American host families (in all 50 states) with international high school students between the ages of 15 and 18 years old for an academic year or semester.<ref>[http://www.kearneyhub.com/news/local/article_a5844eea-85fc-11e1-a36b-0019bb2963f4.html#.T4x7C9mP-No “Merna woman helps place foreign exchange students with host families”] Kearney Hub. April 14, 2012.</ref><ref>[http://theoaklandpress.com/articles/2012/03/19/news/local_news/doc4f67d25ab2e10751011709.txt "Exchange students waiting for host families, friendship"] The Oakland Press. March 19, 2012.</ref> Ayusa also has various short and long-term study abroad programs for American high school students between the ages of 15 and 18 years old.<ref>[http://www.lincolncourier.com/lifestyle/x1872800317/Studying-abroad "Studying Abroad"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415020318/http://www.lincolncourier.com/lifestyle/x1872800317/Studying-abroad |date=April 15, 2012 }} The Lincoln Courier. October 20, 2011.</ref>

==Programs==

===Grant programs===

Ayusa currently administers several grant programs funded by the [Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs](/source/Bureau_of_Educational_and_Cultural_Affairs), [United States Department of State](/source/United_States_Department_of_State) including the [Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study Programs](/source/Kennedy-Lugar_Youth_Exchange_and_Study_Programs) (YES)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://yesprograms.org/about#POs |title=About &#124; YES Program |access-date=2011-08-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805103720/http://www.yesprograms.org/about#POs |archive-date=2011-08-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.miusa.org/ncde/financialaid/ecanonus | title=Find Exchange Funding to the U.S. | date=18 December 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal| url = https://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/2008/0916/p17s01-lign.html| title = Muslim students say YES to the U.S. - CSMonitor.com| journal = [The Christian Science Monitor](/source/The_Christian_Science_Monitor)| date = 16 September 2008}}</ref> and the [Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange](/source/Congress-Bundestag_Youth_Exchange) Program (CBYX).<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.usagermanyscholarship.org/about/ | title=About CBYX – CBYX | date=12 July 2017 }}</ref>   In the past, Ayusa has also administered several other U.S. Department of State grants, including the [Future Leaders Exchange](/source/Future_Leaders_Exchange) Program (FLEX),<ref>{{cite web | url=http://exchanges.state.gov/youth/programs/flex.html | title=Home }}</ref> the Mexico Youth Leadership Program (Jóvenes en Acción),<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2010/07/20/politica/016n1pol | title=La Jornada: Es preocupante el mundo de la violencia: Carlos Pascual a estudiantes mexicanos | date=20 July 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://eleconomista.com.mx/sociedad/2010/07/19/necesario-romper-jovenes-modelo-ligado-narco-pascual| title = Incursionan en el narco, cada vez más jóvenes {{!}} EL ECONOMISTA Política}}</ref> and the Emerging Youth Leaders Program.

==See also==
*[World Link](/source/World_Link)
*[Youth For Understanding](/source/Youth_For_Understanding)

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.ayusa.org/ Ayusa International Website]
* [http://www.intraxinc.com/ Intrax Corporate Website]
* [http://exchanges.state.gov/ U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs]
* [http://www.ayusajapan.org/ Ayusa Japan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110804052630/http://www.ayusajapan.org/ |date=2011-08-04 }}
* [https://ayusa.ru/ Ayusa Russia]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111112163821/http://www.intrax.de/ayusa/english-information.html Ayusa-Intrax Germany]

Category:Non-profit organizations based in San Francisco

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