Phoenix Youth Offered International Experience

High school sophomores and juniors interested in traveling to another country may now apply for the 2009 Phoenix Sister Cities Youth Ambassador Exchange Program by Dec. 5.

The Youth Ambassador Exchange Program is available to Phoenix residents and offers students the opportunity to visit one of Phoenix’s 10 sister cities next summer to learn more about the city and its culture through a three-week home-hosted experience. Phoenix students reciprocate and house their host brother or sister when they visit Phoenix during the same summer.

Youth Ambassadors will be selected based on maturity, flexibility, self-confidence, leadership and communication skills. International Youth Ambassadors will represent the U.S. and the city of Phoenix and will have the opportunity to experience the culture of their destination city in ways otherwise not available to the typical visitor.

Phoenix Sister Cities pays half of the travel expenses between Phoenix and the selected sister city, while the remaining half is the responsibility of the students and their families. Financial assistance is available for qualified students.

For more information or an application, visit phoenixsistercities.org or call 602-534-3751.