Youth For Understanding
Gregory Matheson currently serves as the Secretary General at Youth For Understanding since October 2013, where the organization focuses on promoting intercultural understanding and global competencies through educational exchanges. Prior to this role, Gregory Matheson was the National Director, emphasizing long-term intercultural experiences for youth. Before joining Youth For Understanding, Gregory Matheson was the General Director of Château de Brézé from February 2009 to October 2013, overseeing site management, team leadership, and financial planning. Gregory Matheson holds a degree from the University of Melbourne, having studied there from 1996 to 2000, and completed earlier education at Wesley College in Melbourne.
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Youth For Understanding
Make the world your home. YFU advances intercultural understanding, mutual respect, and social responsibility through educational exchanges for youth, families, and communities. YFU is one of the world's oldest, largest, and most respected international educational exchange programs. Since 1951, YFU organizations around the world have exchanged close to 250,000 students. In one year alone, approximately 4,000 students will participate in YFU programs worldwide. Through the exchange experience, YFU students gain skills and perspectives necessary to meet the challenges of and benefit from the opportunities the fast-changing global community has to offer. Youth For Understanding is a worldwide movement of committed individuals and organizations working together to prepare young people for their responsibilities and challenges in a changing, interdependent global community. YFU's national organizations share a common mission and vision for the future. A network of over 50 independent national organizations worldwide, YFU representatives work together to advance learning across cultures. Within each country's culture, YFU organizations subscribe to and operate under a common set of principles and standards that aim to facilitate cooperation and harmony. For a full list of network members, visit www.yfu.org