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YFU was founded in 1951 and started with yearlong high school exchanges between the US and Germany. The goal was to combat prejudice and increase understanding between the two countries. The objective of the organization remains the same today; by giving young individuals an opportunity for non-formal learning about intercultural understanding, their changed attitudes and increased knowledge would ...

...ple have the opportunity to participate in these exchanges because of their economic and social backgrounds. So, with the aim to use its intercultural expertise a wider target group of young people, YFU developed the "Coloured Glasses" methods and manual 1996. It consists of a handbook of intercultural resources using the metaphor of coloured glasses that change colours accordin to the cultural ...