CCI - Center for Cultural Interchange, Foreign Exchange Student Hosting Programs, International Education Programs

The holiday spirit is in the air! Read about how CCI Academic Year High School students gave back to their community in Ashland, Kentucky, by donating and decorating a Christmas tree for a local domestic violence shelter.
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Where will you make a difference?

Embark on the adventure of a lifetime! CCI’s Greenheart Travel offers short and long-term travel programs for American and Canadian teens and adults in over 30 countries worldwide. Learn more >>		Give back to the environment and community by getting involved with Greenheart. CCI’s Greenheart projects provide participants the opportunity to make a difference through volunteer service and leadership, as well as offer consumers the choice of purchasing eco-friendly products. Learn More>>		Whether you are an international student with a desire to attend a US high school, an international university student hoping to earn money over your summer break, or an American family interested in hosting a foreign exchange student, CCI has a program to make your dream come true. Learn More >>

“It is an amazing feeling to adapt to a foreign culture and to learn how to handle new and unfamiliar issues. It’s a feeling of self-confidence and pride that I would want everybody to experience.”
- Simona from Lithuania

CCI: The Greenheart of Cultural Exchange
Established in 1985, the Center for Cultural Interchange (CCI) is a non-profit international education exchange organization dedicated to the promotion of academic development, cultural understanding, environmental consciousness, and world peace. Based in Chicago, Illinois, CCI organizes high school exchange, short-term group homestay, internship, volunteer, work & travel, and language study programs in the United States and in over 30 countries around the world. Through CCI’s Greenheart environmental and social welfare projects, we offer opportunities to our American and international participants to contribute to conservation efforts through service, education and conscious living.