Guidelines - Responsible Exchange and Volunteering 2018

2. Home hosting ..................................................................................................................................... 34 I. General Considerations .............................................................................................................. 34 II. Host and participant preparation .............................................................................................. 34 III. Unique considerations ................................................................................................................ 34 IV. Culturally appropriate behavior ................................................................................................ 34 V. Introduction into the family ....................................................................................................... 34 VI. Living & integration .................................................................................................................... 34 VII. Crisis management ..................................................................................................................... 34 Home hosting benefits: ...................................................................................................................... 34 I. Cultural emersion ....................................................................................................................... 34 II. Relationship building .................................................................................................................. 34 III. Project relevance ........................................................................................................................ 34 Typical home hosting challenges: ...................................................................................................... 35 I. Living & integration .................................................................................................................... 35 3. On-Project Living ................................................................................................................................ 36 I. General awareness and preparation – ...................................................................................... 36 II. Importance of “being a role model” .......................................................................................... 36 III. Living & integration .................................................................................................................... 36 IV. Organisational structural awareness ........................................................................................ 36 V. Recharge time ............................................................................................................................. 36 Benefits of on-project living: .............................................................................................................. 36 I. Project connectivity, emersion and relevance ........................................................................... 36 II. Logistics and participant management ..................................................................................... 36

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