This experience is so surreal. I cannot believe the wonderful things I am experiencing here at the beginning of our journey together. What makes me more happy is the smiles my new friends Gilbert and Mukiza carry with them throughout the entire day. All the things we have done together from making smores by the bonfire and picking strawberries at a farm are new experiences for Gilbert, Mukiza and I. I'm just so grateful that we get to share them together and enjoy them. They are both so genuine and they carry such positive attitudes anybody can feed off of. It truly is a blessing to be part of such a wonderful opportunity and I'm making the best of everyday I have here. I can't wait to see what happens next!
- Edwin Alejandro.
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- Kuleba Exchange in Rwanda
- In our pilot exchange program, Kuleba Exchange brought four recent high school graduates to Rwanda in the summer of 2008: Maria Santana, Lissette Ortiz, Earl Middleton and Tiffany Lucy. In 2009, we invited two of our Rwandan students, Gilbert Nshimyumukiza and Jean Baptiste Mukiza, to the United States for a two week cultural exchange. Kuleba Exchange is an educational organization that uses photography and travel as a means of cultural exchange to foster tolerance, spark curiosity, and fuel imagination. Our goal is to create opportunities for disadvantaged youth to develop leadership skills while engaging with students from other cultures. We are especially committed to working with children who have survived war, genocide, and other atrocities. Our program makes it possible for students with limited resources to see the world and connect with children of diverse cultural backgrounds and experiences.
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