Tomorrow is the big day! We will be on our way almost half way around the world to see a small portion of the continent of Africa thanks to the generosity of The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International, Rotary District 6560, and our sponsoring Clubs - Carmel, Indianapolis, Indy East,and Kokomo.
Group Study Exchange (GSE for short) is a program of The Rotary Foundation. It is a unique cultural and vocational exchange opportunity for young business and professional men and women between the ages of 25 and 40 in the initial years of their professional life. The program provides travel grants for teams of participants to exchange visits with another Rotary District for 4 weeks. This year the exchange is between Indiana District 6560 and East African District 9200. District 9200 includes 5 countries: Eritrea; Ethiopia; Kenya; Tanzania; Uganda. Each team is composed of a Rotarian team leader and 4 non-Rotarian young professionals. The team was selected last September and has been busy since preparing for the trip.
We will be visiting Uganda and Ethiopia from April 5 to May 3, 2008. The inbound team members from Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda will arrive in Indianapolis on April 5. Our paths are due to cross at the airport Saturday morning.
Our route is Indy to JFK; JFK overnight to Dubai on Air Emirates; hotel overnight in Dubai; on to Entebbe, Uganda, arriving Monday afternoon.
I have been emailing with my host family and look forward to meeting them.
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