Promoting peace through a worldwide hospitality network

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SERVAS

• Promoting peace through a worldwide hospitality
  network

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What is Servas about?

• For more than 60 years Servas has been an
  International homestay network extending to
  approximately 130 countries worldwide.
• Through person-to-person contact between people
  of diverse cultures and backgrounds, friendships
  develop and this creates peace-links around the
  world.

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How does Servas Work?

• Servas hosts welcome travelers for 2 nights and
  3 days homestays or as day hosts

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If we are to live together in peace, we must come
to know each other better. Lyndon B Johnson  
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Who will I meet?
Servas members are diverse in the areas of

• Race
• Gender
• Sexual Orientation
• Religion
• Nationality
• Ability
• Socio-economic situation

Travel Make Friends Build Peace!
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Why is Servas right for me?

• Affordable Servas offers programs with
  different prices to choose from. No money is ever
  exchanged between host and traveler.
• More Than A Tourist Servas travelers can
  participate in the daily lives of their hosts.
  More than 15,000 homes worldwide welcome Servas
  travelers.
• Safe! All Servas members are approved by Servas
  Interviewers our system is organized to ensure
  your safety.

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US Servas Traveler Programs

• International Traveler (85) unlimited travel
  around the world for a year. Stay with your hosts
  for 2 nights (3 days).
• Domestic Traveler
• (50 for adult members and 25 for U.S. and
  international students 18 and over) unlimited
  travel for a year within the United States.
• (more information usservas.org)

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US Servas Host Programs

• Overnight Host
• Offers simple accommodations to Servas travelers
  for 2 nights 3 days. Visits may be extended at
  host suggestion.
• Hosts have the opportunity to share with the
  traveler their daily life culture in their
  environment ( vice versa). Travelers may come
  from around the world or from within the US.
• Day Host
• Does not offer overnight accommodations, but
  spends time during the day with the traveler
  showing them around getting to know them.

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How can I benefit if I am an International
Student studying in the USA?

• Explore America's varied cultures from the inside
  of US homes.
• Learn firsthand about American politics, social
  activism, pastimes, worship, and peace movements.
  
• This program is ideal for students of English as
  a second language who seek practical experience
  speaking English outside the classroom.
• The International Student program is open to all
  students aged 18 and over.
• Find out more online Intl Student or Camp
  Counselor Application Packet

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How do I become a member?

• Get an application/information packet
• Call us at [phone] and we will send a
  packet by post or by
• e-mail
• Or you can download the packet yourself online
  at (www.usservas.org)
• Get 2 letters of recommendation
• Get 2 passport-sized photos
• Make arrangements for an interview
• You can find a list of interviewers at our
  website (www.usservas.org) or call the office
  [phone]
• After your interviewer has approved and signed
  your application, send it along with all other
  materials and the appropriate fee to the office
  for processing.

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Contact Us

• United States SERVAS, INC.
• 1125 16th Street, Suite 201, Arcata, CA 95521
• Tel [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• Email info_at_usservas.org
• www.usservas.org

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• Servas is a special way of seeing the world as
  a place where there are no strangers, only
  friends you have yet to meet.

Join us.
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If we cannot end our differences, at least we can
help make the world   safe for diversity. 
John F Kennedy