Bring the World to Your Community...
Global Friendships is dedicated to improving international understanding. To achieve this, we promote intercultural friendships for youth through our homestay programs.
What People Say About Us
“Last summer, my family decided at the very last minute to join the program. It was very spur of the moment, and we had no idea what… Read more “Family from Eldersburg, MD”
“Our family has hosted 6 times and each time has been great. Our daughters were 9 & 11 the first time we hosted and it has been… Read more “Family from Bel Air, MD”
“We have been a part of the Global Friendship exchange program for the last 3 years and are excited to say that we just signed up for… Read more “Family from Bucks County, PA”
“Last summer was our first time hosting a student from Spain. It was a great experience! Our students (we ended up with two! bonus!) were extremely responsible,… Read more “Family from Westminster, MD”
“In the summer of 2024, we hosted a student from Madrid, Spain for 4 weeks. The experience was a very heart warming one. We hosted a 15… Read more “Family from Salisbury, MD”
“Hosting a Spanish student for a month each summer has been an incredible experience for our family over the past seven years. We’ve built lifelong friendships, shared… Read more “Family from Bel Air, MD”
“Hosting with Global Friendships was truly an amazing and rewarding experience for our family. The program provided well-planned activities, and as hosts, we had the flexibility to… Read more “Family from Bucks County, PA”
“Hosting an exchange student not only deepens your family’s cultural competence, it builds friendships that promote mutual respect and cooperation among countries.”
Global Friendships News
We keep our news up to date with a variety of different Global friendship topics, such as, what student exchange is all about and what it can offer you. We also talk about advice, recent activities and much more exciting news!
Become a Coordinator
The Community Coordinator is the key stone in the success of any of our programs. It’s your opportunity to plan and implement a program that will meet GF objectives as it reflects goals you may have for your community and for the international students in your charge.
Host a Student
America is a “melting pot,” and therefore, ours come from all walks of life. Whether you are married with or without children, a single parent family, a young couple or an old couple, the only ingredient one needs to be a host family is the willingness to open your heart and home to a young person from another part of the world.
A Message from Jeff Tarlow
After 12 years of working with a variety of large student exchange organizations that brought thousands of students to the USA every year on homestay programs, Global Friendships was formed in 1995 from a desire to create a small personal organization where communication was the most important priority. More communication means more personal contact with the American coordinators, the American families and you. This translates to a better total experience for everyone.