Camp America was
established in 1969 and is part of a larger group called the American Institute
for Foreign Study (AIFS) that was founded in 1964. AIFS has offices in London, Paris, Stamford, Boston, Bonn, Cape Town, Warsaw and Sydney.
Each year the Camp America programme provides over 7,500 young people
from all over the world with the opportunity to work a 9-week placement on a
summer camp in the US.
Currently Camp America
works with over 900 summer camps located throughout the USA.