Student in Australia, a teacher in Bengal
Michelle and other Lattitude volunteers in India
Hindustan Times, 10 February 2012
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Student in Australia, a teacher in Bengal
Tasmayee Laha Roy
KOLKATA: Takdah is a remote village in West Bengal, a few kilomentres from Darjeeling. There is just one bank in the village and hardly any amenity that can be scarcely associated with modernity, but 25-year-old Michelle Bourke is excited about coming from Australia to teach English to little kids in Takdah
Teenagers benefiting from gap year
Sunshine Coast Daily, 6 February 2012
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Gap year can benefit teenagers
Becci Asquith
Parents worry about their teenage children enough without the instant concern that can come with the words “gap year”.
After 12 years of study, many teens want to take a break and experience the real world, while their parents worry about how time out will affect their child’s future.
But there are advantages to a year away from the books.
Amy dives in to help Fijian children
Cowra Community News, 20 November 2011
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COWRA High School student Amy Eldridge has found a particularly imaginative way to occupy her time before she begins university studies.
Ms Eldridge, fresh from completing her Higher School Certificate, has volunteered to spend seven months working as an assistant teacher in a village school located in Lutu, in the central mountain area of the main island of Fiji.
Future volunteer honoured as Young Citizen of the Year in Wagga
Country: Vietnam Role: Teacher
The Daily Advertiser, 22 September 2011
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Big plans for Wagga’s Australia Day
Ben Glover
Plans have been announced for a bigger and better Australia Day next year as nominations for the awards were thrown open last night.
Speaking at a mayoral reception, the chairman of Wagga’s Australia Day Committee Greg Conkey outlined two new events for 2012 – a free picnic at the Oasis to be held on January 25 and an evening of free live music to be tacked onto the Australia Day celebrations in Victory Memorial Gardens.
But it was the annual awards that took centre stage last night, with 2011 winners Ray King (citizen of the year) and Bridget Byrnes (young citizen of the year) spruiking the importance of the nomination process.
Fijian adventure a whole new world
Sunshine Coast Daily, 22 May 2011
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One look at the 1.8 metre tall, well-built Fijian wielding a huge machete standing in front of him and 17-year-old Steven Lyon wondered what he had gotten himself into.