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8. The parties have agreed that the exchange should not exceed 18 days
(ENSA requirement) and doesn’t have to but may integrate some holiday
time. The larger part should definitely be during school time, if only to leave
a certain amount of necessary recreation time. There is a life outside
the exchange. The most convenient time for German students coming to
Namibia next year could be from April 7th to 25th. This includes the Easter
weekend as a chance for families to spend a personal weekend with their
host sons and daughters.
9. If in any way possible, the exchange should be a direct exchange.
The students are hosted and accomodated by their partner families. It is
agreed that hostel accomodation in Windhoek is a workable alternative
if the first choice proves to be too difficult. This is an either / or solution.
Students should not be hosted partly by families, partly live in a hostel.
The decision is totally up to the Namibian partners.
10. Main part of the exchange are art projects (visual arts, music, drama,
dance, film, photography) which enable the students to work on the agreed
topic and which are prepared throughout the school year by the interested
students’ groups. For this purpose a meeting between the representatives of
the two schools and the College of Arts has come to an understanding which
minutes are added at the end of this paper and present the very essence of
our future work.
11. Whatever the chosen project, it should include if in any way possible the
basic idea of students teaching students. At least some of the students should
acquire knowledge of techniques and procedures they can then teach the
other partners.
12. Families must be given time to organize private events with their guests.
One of the successful things students can do is showing their respective home
city to their partners. In this context, it has been agreed that visiting students
at no point go out on their own. The number three is essential and at least
one member of the hosting country needs to be present at all times.
The students are held to be responsible for making sure of the safe arrival
of their partners at meeting points and taking them home safely after
the official program has ended. These points must be made crystal-clear to
students and parents.
13. Finances are the biggest obstacle. The Berlin partners promise to do
their best to put in a successful application to ENSA which would in case
of success cover about 70% of the air fare for ten students and two teachers
for both sides. ENSA also demands some co-financing by other partners
besides personal family spending. In particular fund raising activities by
students (concerts, presentations, work activities, bazaar, flea market). ENSA is
the only institution to our knowledge which is willing to support both parties,
but does it only on a yearly basis. The German side will desperately try to find
other sources, but can’t promise anything.
Globales Lernen in Berlin
Center for Global Education
Partners’ Perspectives
EPIZ School Programme Windhoek – Berlin
epiz-berlin.de
Tipps und Erfahrungen aus dem
Schulprogramm Windhoek – Berlin
2009 – 2011
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