2005 - 2006 Student Exchange

Exchanging for Education

In July 2005, 15 young Zambians will visit Somerset for three weeks, with the British group visiting Zambia in July 2006.

The Zambians will be hosted by Ansford School and will undertake a busy schedule of group projects, school activities, social events and visits. Previous exchanges have looked at topics such as health education / AIDS and Sustainable Development. The current Exchange theme focuses on the Right to an Education (enshrined within the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child), and the Exchange group will work on projects in primary schools in both countries.

Zambian Primary School Children

The main objective of the Exchange is to extend the awareness and experience that young people in Somerset and Mufulira have of the world outside their community, and to develop values, skills and understanding that will enable them to fulfil their roles as local and global citizens.

This exchange is not a holiday. Working together, and sharing each others' lives, the students and teachers from both countries learn about their own and another culture, and take this into the wider community in both countries.

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