As we get ready to fly off around the world on our great adventure, now might be a good time to reflect on all the hard work that has gone into getting us ready to go.
Firstly there were all the host families - people who selflessly gave up their time and often their bedrooms in order to welcome and care for our Indian guests. Some of these families are sending students to India - some are not. I am always humbled by the generosity of spirit of our students and their parents and without them the friendship and care that underpins this exchange would never exist.
Then there have been the organisers. Mrs Leonard has been the leading light in maintaining this programme and that has been a tough job at times. Her passion for the unique experience of India has kept us all going. Of course it goes without saying that the exchange could never happen without Mrs Rees. She is the one who has organised everything and made it work! She has been the one chasing paperwork, booking flights and all the other myriad of tasks that have to be done. I don't know how she's managed.
Mrs Rees we salute you!
I was speaking to one of our former students the other day. Now 22 and at university studying international management, she came on the first exchange visit in 2008. We were talking about that distant visit and how apprehensive we all were going for the first time! I asked her what going to India back then meant to her now. She said, "It changed my life,"
Firstly there were all the host families - people who selflessly gave up their time and often their bedrooms in order to welcome and care for our Indian guests. Some of these families are sending students to India - some are not. I am always humbled by the generosity of spirit of our students and their parents and without them the friendship and care that underpins this exchange would never exist.
Then there have been the organisers. Mrs Leonard has been the leading light in maintaining this programme and that has been a tough job at times. Her passion for the unique experience of India has kept us all going. Of course it goes without saying that the exchange could never happen without Mrs Rees. She is the one who has organised everything and made it work! She has been the one chasing paperwork, booking flights and all the other myriad of tasks that have to be done. I don't know how she's managed.
Mrs Rees we salute you!
I was speaking to one of our former students the other day. Now 22 and at university studying international management, she came on the first exchange visit in 2008. We were talking about that distant visit and how apprehensive we all were going for the first time! I asked her what going to India back then meant to her now. She said, "It changed my life,"
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