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6<br />
2010 – <strong>2011</strong><br />
program highlights<br />
Botswana<br />
Through the annual Learning for Social Impact ®<br />
program, 16 high school students traveled to<br />
Botswana for a hands-on learning opportunity that<br />
exposes them to new cultures and challenges and<br />
expands students’ sense of community. Earning<br />
a spot on a Learning for Social Impact ® trip is a<br />
coveted honor for HEAF students—the students<br />
were selected after participating in a rigorous and<br />
competitive application process. For six months prior<br />
to the trip, the students participated in a weekly class<br />
in which they learned about Botswana’s government,<br />
history, economy, culture and how the country has<br />
been impacted by the AIDS epidemic. As part of<br />
the class, the students met with ABC News anchor<br />
Deborah Roberts, who discussed her recent story<br />
about AIDS in Africa with the students and helped<br />
prepare them for their upcoming trip.<br />
In Botswana, the students met with their peers,<br />
government and local community officials—including<br />
leaders from the Emang Basadi Women Rights<br />
Organization, Ministry of Health, Magistrate Court,<br />
National Assembly, village chiefs, among others,<br />
to explore solutions to the country’s most pressing<br />
problems, such as health, education, and women’s<br />
rights. HEAF students also taught a class to youth<br />
at Stepping Stones International, a local non-profit<br />
youth development organization, about how to<br />
be active participants in changing the welfare of<br />
their communities by developing PSAs about the<br />
issues impacting them every day. After the students<br />
returned home, the trip was reported by the New York<br />
Daily News, and college-bound student Iyana Whyte<br />
chronicled her own experience in USA Today.<br />
Over the years, the Learning for Social Impact ®<br />
program has allowed HEAF students to travel the<br />
world and spend time in Northern Ireland, Brazil,<br />
Senegal and other countries. This unique program<br />
reinforces core HEAF values through international<br />
travel, exposing students to different cultures<br />
to generate a sense of cultural understanding<br />
and global awareness that makes them well-rounded<br />
students, college applicants, and contributors<br />
to society.
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