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It has been a good couple of months since I have returned home from my IFYE experience. I have gotten back into somewhat of a 'normal'...

It has been a little over a week since I have returned home from my time in Austria with the IFYE program. I am happy to be home. Being...

To start writing about returning back to the U.S., my mind is drawn a blank. I don‘t know where to start or how to perfectly recap the...

You asked, I answered! I am nearing the end of my three month exchange to Austria and have gotten to experience many things. Some parts...

Language is such a big part of a culture that often goes un-noticed. Or at least it’s not the first thing you think about when you...

A great benefit of the IFYE program is that you get to experience many unique aspects of the host country’s culture. Traveling as a...

Just as the host country and host families becoming apart of the IFYE participant’s life, so does the IFYE participant to the lives of...

As of this week, I have completed half of my time abroad with the IFYE program. I have been in Austria for a month and a half now. I have...

It is crazy to think that right now, there are several IFYE delegates traveling in foreign countries. All of us on the same program with...

Going abroad for 3-6 months and not knowing exactly where you are going, what you’ll all be doing, and when you’ll be able to do laundry...

For many years in the United States, the IFYE program has been supported by the 4-H association. 4-H is a program for youth that...

There are many things that make the IFYE program unique. One, that as a participant, you will be staying with host families. And two,...

Something I wrote in my personal journal during my first week - In some moments it feels like I was here all my life and at other times...

International Farm Youth Exchange (IFYE), was founded in 1948 after the second World War to re-build international relationships and...