Real connections, real friendships

Hosts and visitors, in their own words.

Connections

Friendships that cross borders

A few of the connections ITHF members have shared.

Linda (British Columbia) & Sita (Nepal)

Linda travelled to Nepal for a Global Grant project and contacted Sita in Kathmandu. Sita invited her to stay for the last two days — “a lovely experience and a wonderful way to leave Nepal.”

Don & Linda (California) & Aircon (Taiwan)

Aircon arranged for Don and Linda to volunteer for a month teaching in a small Taiwanese town, and hosted them in Taipei. “Seeing any country with a local is what ITHF is all about.”

Sheila & Bill and Scott & June (British Columbia)

They met on a Rotary Friendship Exchange to Brazil, joined ITHF together, and are now best friends who have travelled on exchanges to England and Sweden, and cruised together.

Ian & Eleanor (New Zealand) & Jochen (Germany)

German visitors Jochen and Angela looked up ITHF members before touring New Zealand and found Ian — a fellow retired police chief. The “old coppers” traded stories in Napier.

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