Global Xchange: In Depth
Host Homes
You and all of your team will live in local homes. Your hosts could be young or old, single or large families, living in flats or houses. We have had all sorts of hosts in the past, and the one key thing that unites all of them is their willingness to take you and your counterpart in to their home and involve you in all aspects of their daily lives.
Your hosts have been selected by Global Xchange, and we always check that they are safe, secure and have all basic amenities.
"My host home really treated me as a part of the family. Meals, advice, shelter, anti-cat allergy remedies, career advice - I got so much from them and am so grateful they opened their home and hearts to two strangers."
"I felt pretty daunted the night I arrived with my host home - the whole family had come out to greet my counterpart and I on our arrival, and it was both very scary and very exciting at the same time. But my host family were very welcoming of us and soon made me feel at home. They did their best to teach me as much about their culture as possible yet they accepted me for who I was - I really felt a part of their family, and found those three months to be one of the biggest cultural learnings of my life."