2011 Exchange with Brazil (4700)

Chairman:  Michael Greene

Outbound Team Members:

Our District 7670 team will exchange with Brazil District 4700 in mid-April 2011 for about four weeks.  Michael Trayford, Rotary Club of Asheville, was selected to lead the Team through an interview process in October.  The team members were selected, as well, in late October. These were individuals in a profession whom you believed would benefit from such an exchange opportunity.  This is a life-changing program of The Rotary Foundation!

We will receive the Brazil team from District 4700 mid-April 2011 through mid-May 2011.  Please consider hosting the visiting team.  This is also a tremendous learning opportunity for members of your club to have the chance to learn about a professional from the area of Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil.  The incoming team will attend our District 7670 Conference, April 29 – May 1, 2011.

Download Documents / Applications:

More information about 2012 GSE released in fall of 2011

About the Group Study Exchange (GSE) Program

The Rotary Foundation’s Group Study Exchange (GSE) program is a unique cultural and vocational exchange opportunity for businesspeople and professionals between the ages of 25 and 40 who are in the early stages of their careers. The program provides travel grants for teams to exchange visits in paired areas of different countries. For four to six weeks, team members experience the host country’s culture and institutions, observe how their vocations are practiced abroad, develop personal and professional relationships, and exchange ideas.

In a typical four-week tour, applicants participate in five full days of vocational visits, 15 to 20 club presentations, 10 to 15 formal visits and social events, two to three days at the district conference, three to four hours per day of cultural and site tours, and three to four hours per day of free time with host families.

For each team member, the Foundation provides the most economical round-trip airline ticket between the home and host countries. Rotarians in the host area provide for meals, lodging, and group travel within their district.

District 7670 GSE Team History

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