At an awards dinner in Wellington on Thursday, July 5, three senior secondary school students were selected to travel to India in their September school holidays. They represent top performing schools from this year’s World Vision 40 Hour Famine.
The travelling scholars are Paul Smith from Scots College, Lena-Jean Ganley from Elim Christian College and Ilana Seager from Westlake Girls High School.
Lena-Jean Ganley, Ilana Seager and Paul Smith are off to India in September.
The group of 20 students spent a week in Wellington (July 1-6), meeting government and non-government agencies, as part of the Sanitarium Senior Scholarship Programme.
They also met Members of Parliament and World Vision staff and participated in discussions and social action activities around Wellington.
All 20 students were interviewed by a panel of representatives from World Vision and Sanitarium.
The three travelling scholars were selected on the results of that interview, they way they conducted themselves during the week and the tasks they completed.
“These three scholars are great ambassadors for New Zealand and have the potential to be key leaders of the future. I’ve no doubt their trip to India will make a huge impression on them and will be something they’ll remember for life,” says World Vision CEO, Lisa Cescon.
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