Club Hosts African GroupStudyExchange Team
Posted by Lou Burdick
A Rotary Group Study Exchange (GSE) team from Kenya and Uganda was welcomed to Minnesota by our Minneapolis University Rotary Club (MURC) on May 4 when they arrived ready to spend the next six weeks with District 5950 Rotarian host families and Rotarians from 12 Minnesota Rotary clubs. Group Study Exchange is a Rotary Foundation program offering a unique cultural and vocational exchange opportunity for businesspeople and professionals ages 25-40.
Community Services Chair Jean Westberg coordinated the visit for the first days with introductory vocational meetings/tours scheduled at Minneapolis City Hall, 3M Corporation, a Woodbury library, North High School, and the University of Minnesota. The cultural aspect of the program included getting to know their host families during their first week, eating pizza, presenting their countries and culture to Rotarians at the MURC Rotary meeting and an all-American backyard barbecue.
Community Services Chair Jean Westberg coordinated the visit for the first days with introductory vocational meetings/tours scheduled at Minneapolis City Hall, 3M Corporation, a Woodbury library, North High School, and the University of Minnesota. The cultural aspect of the program included getting to know their host families during their first week, eating pizza, presenting their countries and culture to Rotarians at the MURC Rotary meeting and an all-American backyard barbecue.
Team Leader for the GSE Team is Rotarian
Husseinbhdi Kutbuddin Khanbhdi, Kenya. Team members include: Ogolla
Collins Ochieng, Secondary Teacher & School Principal, Kenya; Sylvia
Birungi Kololo, Administrator in the Ministry of Energy and Mineral
Development, Uganda; and Dr. Henry Nsereko, Scientist: Drug Quality
Analyst at National Drug Authority, Uganda.
Members will continue on to the Minneapolis Uptown, Buffalo, Monticello, St. Michael, Gaylord, Sauk Centre, Albertville, Eden Prairie & Edina Rotary Clubs and will attend the District 5950 Conference in Edina.
Members will continue on to the Minneapolis Uptown, Buffalo, Monticello, St. Michael, Gaylord, Sauk Centre, Albertville, Eden Prairie & Edina Rotary Clubs and will attend the District 5950 Conference in Edina.
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