Center for Cultural Interchange (CCI)
Founded in 1985, the Center for Cultural Interchange is a nonprofit international exchange organization dedicated to helping young people experience the joy of discovery through world travel

Youth For Understanding
YFU offers over 100 programs in more than 35 countries. Students are typically placed throughout the host country and live with a volunteer host family while attending a local school

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Finland, is one of the Nordic countries. It is situated in northern Europe, bounded by the Baltic Sea with the Gulf of Finland to the south and the Gulf of Bothnia to the west. Finland has land frontiers with Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east. The Åland Islands, off the southwestern coast, are under Finnish sovereignty while enjoying extensive autonomy.

Finland has a population of five million people spread over more than 127,000 square miles making it one of the most sparsely populated countries in the world