Host families URGENTLY wanted for June/July 2026!
CIEE Berlin
- Kids & Teenagers
- Democracy & Human Rights
- Mentoring, Sponsoring & Career Coaching
About the volunteering opportunity
We are still urgently looking for friendly and open-minded host families for our US-American guest students during their summer stay!
Would you like to experience intercultural exchange up close and make lifelong international friends? Then become a CIEE host family! Especially if you have children - they have the unique opportunity to meet peers from the USA and make friends across borders.
CIEE offers:
✔ Allowance for expenses
✔ Experience cultural exchange up close
✔ Make lifelong international friendships
✔ Networking and training
✔ Discover new perspectives
✔ Sharing common democratic values
✔ Improving English and German language skills for the whole family
Would you like to experience intercultural exchange up close and make lifelong international friends? Then become a CIEE host family! Especially if you have children - they have the unique opportunity to meet peers from the USA and make friends across borders.
CIEE offers:
✔ Allowance for expenses
✔ Experience cultural exchange up close
✔ Make lifelong international friendships
✔ Networking and training
✔ Discover new perspectives
✔ Sharing common democratic values
✔ Improving English and German language skills for the whole family
Your Tasks
What you offer:
- A warm and welcoming home
- A private or shared room
- Meals and daily support
- Integration into everyday family life
- Encouragement to explore and get to know Berlin
What's needed
For this volunteering opportunity you don't need any German skills.
All prerequisites can be found in our intake form: JOYN THE FAMILY - SOMMER 2026 – Fill out form
Time required
Regularly
Discussed individually
We are looking for host families for the following periods:
Colorado Springs School District #11 – Language and Culture (Class Trip): May 30 – June 13
Language and Culture – Session 1: June 7 – July 4, 2026
Language and Culture – Session 2: July 5 – August 1, 2026
Global Entrepreneurship – Session 1: June 16 – July 6, 2026
Global Entrepreneurship – Session 2: July 9 – July 29, 2026
University of Kentucky – Cultural Humility and Healthcare: May 26 – June 16, 2026
Location
CIEE Berlin
CIEE - Council of International Educational Exchange - is an independent US non-profit organization. CIEE is a global leader in international education and in the development and implementation of exchange programs. Since 1947, CIEE has helped thousands of people of all ages each year gain the knowledge and skills they need to thrive in a globally connected and culturally diverse world.