Australian Group Paid Courtesy Visit.

australlanThe Australian Group Study Exchange Team, representing the Rotary Club district 9640, paid a complimentary visit to Commissioner Maria Buncamper-Molanus yesterday. The group is on St. Maarten for a few days to examine mainly youth initiatives that encourage young people to move forward positively in life. The Group Study Exchange provides the opportunity for Rotary members of different backgrounds to travel to districts in other countries and experience life as local citizens do. They study how their vocations and professions are practiced in the host district, learn about the Culture and participate in local Rotary Club activities. While on the island they will visit the museum, the Belvedere Community Center and the I-Can Children's Home. Commissioner Buncamper-Molanus welcomed the group to St. Maarten and urged that they build relationships on St. Maarten with their counterparts here esspecially considering their diverse areas of expertise. The Australian team consists of its team leader Artie Seewald and four members: Carolyn Wilkes, Erin Kennaugh, Adam Dreyer, and Myfanwy Stanfield. The team is being hosted by Rotary St. Maarten mid-isle under the presidency of Mr. Louis Wever.