Exchange Students

Our outgoing exchange student in 2019 is Tiegan Broussard, who will be travelling to Denmark. Tiegan was an engaging speaker who is 16 years old and looking forward to her trip. She spoke about wanting to help her host family become more proficient in English and is looking forward to fitting in with the locals. Tiegan has already spoken with her three host families and reckons that they are just like Australians. She is particularly looking forward to the chance to travel to Greece with her host school during one of the school holiday periods. Tiegan made the point that her family has very little money and that the opportunity given to her by Rotary means that she can achieve something that she could not otherwise even imagine – the chance to travel to Europe. One heartbreaking thing we learnt from her speech is that her family was kicked out of their home due to financial stress and that this was a cause of much difficulty for them. I am so pleased that we can help such a decent young woman, who gave a beautiful and moving speech.