Knut Möller

Knut Möller is currently the national director of YFU Germany. He first started in 1989 as a hosting program director, and has been in his current role as ND since 2000. Knut was involved in international youth exchange as a volunteer with CISV in the late 70's. He then studied history and sports, became a high school teacher and sports coach, and later studied business administation. 

"The ultimate benefit of working for YFU is to be involved in and impacted by the life-changing dynamics of our programs and the very positive influence that they have all over the world."

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"My family has hosted several YFU students temporarily, as well as a host daughter for a full year. Both my daughter and my son were exchange students with YFU. My wife and I live in Hamburg, where I enjoy playing sports whenever I can. It has always been my favorite activity at YFU to attend meetings, conferences and seminars with students and with volunteers. The aims and the purpose of our work call forth a powerful drive of commitment and motivation. The ultimate benefit of working for YFU is to be involved in and impacted by the life-changing dynamics of our programs and the very positive influence that they have all over the world. Finding solutions to the most important problems that humanity is confronted with (wars and terror, climate crisis, species extinction, famine, social injustice, pandemics...) is only possible through successful cooperation across national and cultural borders. The world needs people who can communicate and act wisely and effectively on a global scale. The skills required for this, and the cosmopolitan, tolerant attitude that makes understanding possible in the first place, can be acquired and developed especially well in the exchange programs that we offer.

Since becoming director of YFU Germany, there have been several crises that threatened the very existence of our organization. I am tremendously impressed by the organization's internal resilience, the support from outside, and the dedication of YFU's volunteers and staff. By now, whenever we are confronted with new challenges, I remain calmly confident that we will master them.

I believe that YFU will only remain successful by becoming a transnational organization, and not just a collection of national organizations pursuing their own agendas. I am very glad that we have been on this path with great determination for several years now. I admire the successful work of our current Global Office and am very happy to support the colleagues who work there as a member of the International Board."

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