Your future is in your hands!

As a Rotary Youth Exchange student, you’ll spend a year living with up to four host families and attending school in a different country!!

When you participate in Rotary’s long-term Youth Exchange program, you’ll learn a new way of living, a great deal about yourself, and maybe even a new language. You’ll also be an ambassador, teaching people you meet about your country, culture, and ideas.

You can help bring the world closer – and make some good friends in the process. More than 8,000 young people each year have experiences like these through Rotary Youth Exchange. It’s the opportunity of a lifetime. Are you ready for it?

Rotary International takes pride in it’s Youth Exchange Program and goes to extraordinary lengths to ensure that students are safe. And to this end, District 9940 is required to meet Certification Compliance Requirements to participate in the international program.

The Rotary Youth Exchange program is the premier exchange program, offering support through the worldwide Rotary network with peer support, counsellors, organisational and financial assistance.

Find out more by contacting a Rotary Club in your area or email us.

For more information, go to the forms page.

Students selected for the
2017 exchange year

Destination counties are: Germany, France, France

Students selected for the
2016 exchange year

Destination counties are: Chile, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Denmark

Students selected for the
2015 exchange year

Destination counties are: France, Sweden, Turkey, Brazil

Students selected for the
2014 exchange year

Destination counties are: Germany, Denmark, France, Italy, Brazil, Finland, Austria, France

Students selected for the
2013 exchange year

Destination counties are: Japan, France, Brazil, Switzerland, Chile, Germany, Belgium, USA, and Italy.

Students selected for the
2012 exchange year

Destination counties are: Argentina, Canada, France, Belgium, USA, Japan, Germany, and Italy.

Students selected for the
2011 exchange year

Marae Weekend November 2010, Kauwhata Marae Feilding. Destination countries for these students are: Austria, Switzerland, USA, Belgium, Brazil and Chile.

Students selected for the
2010 exchange year

Marae Weekend November 2009, Kauwhata Marae Feilding. Destination countries for these students are: France, Denmark, Belgium, Argentina and Germany.

Students selected for the
2009 exchange year

Debrief Meeting Feb 2010, Tatum Park, Levin. Destination countries for these students were: Japan, France, Ecuador, Mexico, Brazil, USA, Canada and Germany.

Students selected for the
2008 exchange year

Kauwhata Marae weekend October 2007 Destination countries for these students were: Denmark, Switzerland, Brazil, France, Argentina, Germany, USA, Canada.