Youth Exchange News.Apr.13

april 2013
YOUTHEXCHANGE
Rotary International District 9800
newsletter for youth exchange 2012-2013
http://www.rotaryyouthexchangeaustralia.com.au/
Thank you! . . .
. . . to District 9800 Rotary Clubs who have given us the opportunity of a
lifetime - to live in Australia for 12 months, for sharing your homes with
us and allowing us to be a part of your Club. We shall never forget you.
Inbound Rotary Youth Exchange Students from Districts 9800 and 9780 on Safari at The Olgas, Central Australia.
March 2013.
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Not Hosting an Inbound Student?
. . . it may be easier than you think.
My Club doesn’t have any Host Families.
Look beyond the club for Host Families, such as friends, relatives, school
and community members. The Youth Exchange Committee is
developing a database of Rotary approved Host Families to offer your
club, if needed.
My Club is too small to Host a student.
Clubs with a small membership have successfully hosted and in some
cases, this has resulted in gaining new Rotarians from their local
community.
Our Club members are too old.
Having an Exchange Student can rejuvenate a club and give members a
new focus. Successful Host Families are often Grandparents.
My Club cannot afford this program.
Include Rotary Youth Exchange in your budget for 2013-2014; a
minimum of $3,500 will cover school uniforms, pocket money, travel
expenses, District Conference attendance and incidentals. Seek
assistance from another club in your cluster to Co-Host.
Hosting is too much trouble, what does the Host Family gain?
Satisfaction and a life long connection with another family and
community in the world, due to this Rotary Service. Host Families share
daily life with a student and help them shape their perceptions of
Australian culture.
Involving your club with Youth Exchange is an opportunity to
immerse a young person in Rotary for 12 months - you may be
nurturing a future Rotary Leader!
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Not Sponsoring an Outbound Student?
. . . it may be easier than you think.
It’s too hard to find an eligible Outbound applicant to represent
my club.
Use provided Youth Exchange pamphlets and promote the program at
local schools, community organisations and sporting clubs. Ask the
Youth Exchange Committee or a former Rotary Youth Exchange student
to assist you.
My Club has never sponsored an Outbound Student before, what is
the financial and time commitment?
Minimal or nil costs are involved with sponsoring a student. Your Club
appoints a Student Counsellor to assist and liaise with your student
during their preparation and whilst on exchange.
Need inspiration? Read ‘Letters From
Abroad’ at our website: newsletter
CONTACTS
Youth Exchange Chair
Deputy Chairmen
Vanda Mullen
vmullen@netspace.net.au
Geoff Asher
gasher@optusnet.com.au
Emanuel Tumino
et@meerkinapel.com.au
Secretary
Treasurer
Peter Lamping
pebass@bigpond.com
Peter Baker
plkmbaker@bigpond.com
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A Message of Thanks From An Inbound
Youth Exchange Student
Zsófi Szabó, pictured second
from right at D9800’s District
Conference in Albury, delivered
the address below at the Blazer
Presentation Dinner for
Outbound Students at
International House on
December 2nd 2012; the
presentation was a message of
gratitude on behalf of all
Inbound Students to the
District, Host Clubs and
Families.
My name is Zsófi and I’m an Inbound
Exchange Student from Hungary. I got the
amazing opportunity to spend my exchange
year in Australia, in the District 9800 with 16
other students from all over the world. We
Inbounds have been here for around 4 months
now, and I am speaking for all of us when I
say, we have already learnt important things
about the world, family, friendship and about
ourselves.
When we came on exchange we crossed
our borders. Not just physically but also
mentally. We left everything behind, everything
we knew, to start a new life on the other side of
the world. And it was the best decision a
person could ever make.
In Australia, we are experiencing a new
culture, using a new language and making new
friends for a lifetime. But most importantly:
we’re learning to manage challenges, learning
what it means to be lucky and learning more
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things in one day than we ever thought
possible.
As I mentioned we all had to face
challenges. The first days were the hardest. On
the first morning I didn’t know when to get out
of bed, who to talk to, where to sit and what
to talk about. I didn’t even know which is the
right side of the car and the road because it’s
the total opposite in Europe.
Initially, you are always out of your comfort
zone. But this will change. Now everything
has changed for me. It has only been 4 months
and I already feel much more self confident,
independent, decisive, tolerant and have a
greater life perspective and it is all thanks to
Rotary. I feel I have grown up here and I
know that I am not alone in this. So on behalf
of all of the Inbound Exchange Students I
would like to thank Rotary District 9800 for
the opportunity of Youth Exchange.

D9800 INBOUND STUDENTS 2012/2013
Agatha Leite
from Brazil D4520
Host Clubs
RC’s Footscray &
Flemington
Charlotte Salmon
from France D1680
Host Club
RC Essendon
Daniel Mortensen
from Denmark
D1480
Host Club
RC Castlemaine
Isabella Ferrari
from Brazil D4520
Host Club
RC Footscray
Amelie Hinrichs
from Germany
D1930
Host Club
RC Melbourne
Giulia Cardoso
from Brazil D4750
Host Club
RC Richmond
Anemone Kirk
from Denmark
D1470
Host Clubs
RC’s Kew-on-
Yarra, Kew &
Hawthorn
Elisabeth Olsen
Nordby
from Norway D2260
Host Club
RC Footscray
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D9800 INBOUND STUDENTS 2012/2013
Julia Chafin
from Brazil D4750
Host Club
RC Bendigo
Sandhurst
Pierre-Louis
Nottellet
from France D1770
Host Club
RC Bendigo South
Max Kroening
from Germany
D1880
Host Clubs
RC’s Brighton
Beach & Brighton
Lars Spies
from Germany
D1810
Host Club
RC Canterbury
Riley Jackson
from USA D5520
Host Club
RC Flemington
Sebastian Lin
from Taiwan D3500
Host Club
RC Bendigo
Strathdale
Karin Evars
from Finland D1380
Host Clubs
RC’s Altona, Altona
City & Wyndham
Paul Schiel
from Germany
D1950
Host Club
RC Gisborne
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D9800 INBOUND STUDENTS 2012/2013
Signe Christerson
from Sweden D2390
Host Club
RC Laverton Point
Cook
Zsófi Szabó
from Hungary
D1911
Host Club
RC Bendigo
Zane Shirley
from USA D5840
Host Club
RC Williamstown
Newsletter designed and published
as a service to Rotary Youth
Exchange by Dr Barry Mullen.
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