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Rotary Youth Exchange video click on the arrow !
15 chapters available, menu at the end of the video.
 Disclaimer District 1620 apologizes for possible errors in the following texts. This information is only indication and does under no circumstances commit Rotary. Every suggestion is most welcome. Le district 1620 vous prie d'excuser les éventuelles erreurs ou fautes de frappe dans les textes qui suivent. Ces textes ne sont qu'indicatifs et ne peuvent engager le Rotary. Toute suggestion sera bienvenue. District 1620 verontschuldigt zich voor eventuele fouten in de volgende texten. De informatie is louter indicatief en kan in geen geval de Rotary verbinden. Elke suggestie is steeds welkom. Types of Exchanges Long term (youth ages 16-19): usally one year during which the student lives with 3 or 4 host families and is required to attend to school in host country.
Short term (youth ages 15-18): often takes place when school is not in session (July and August) and is not included in an academic program. Homestay with one family or international camps bringing together students from many countries.
New generations (youth ages 18-25): short term exchange last three to six weeks.
How to request a Rotary Exchange (Youth Exchange Program) ? Dear student, get in touch with a Rotary Club near the town you are living. If you couldn't find one, send a mail to bhenry@sepbelgium.org with your firstname, lastname, phone number, postal code and town. She will help you by contacting a club exchange officer. How to fill in your file ? The file is called "Application for a Rotary Youth Exchange". After acceptance of your candidacy by the club, you will receive an "username" and "password" to login our website www.ryedb.net. There you will fill in your personal information and print out the file (20 pages). Some pages will print out with your personal information, other must manually filled in by the doctor, the dentist, the school, ... The Rotary Sponsor Club request four copies of your file with original signatures for each (SIGNATURES IN BLUE INK, this is mandatory).
About your destination: if the 3 fields "Destination country" remain blank, we suppose that you accept to go anywhere.Destination countries... The earlier we receive your application, the more chances you have to be sent to the country you requested. Do not forget however that there are some age restrictions, mainly for english speaking countries (less than 18 years on the date of departure). We expect you to make a choice of three countries in the order of preferences. Caution : once filled-in you will not be able to change this part of the application. Consider the whole list and make an intelligent choice : do not forget that the language is only one aspect of the exchange (less important than you may think), therefore do not be obsessed about your first idea and listen to our suggestions. In any case we will need your cooperation since we expect a large number of candidates. Destination countries (less than 18 years on the date of departure): Canada, USA, Australia, South Africa, Japan Other destination countries: Austria, Germany, Sweden, Finland, some of East (Estonia, Poland, Russia), India, Thailand, Taiwan, Mexico, Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru, Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay.
In project (season 2009-2010): Bali.
Travel and visas The trips are organized by the travel office "Voyages Mosans", without obligation.
Each student needs a visa one year valid (exepted for some Europeans countries). It's an academic visa, not a touristics one, and will be gotten on production of the Guarantee Form filled in by the foreign district (page 16 of the application form). It is useless to proceed to the travel reservation and demand of visa before receiving our instructions. Voyages Mosans, av. Winston Churchill 5, 5500-DINANT,
tel +32 82 22 28 96 fax +32 82 22 43 89 Madame Nathalie JARDEZ The district will not support any travel arrangement through another organisation. There might be an accompanied group flight to Atlanta, New-York and Mexico. Interview days The interview meetings will take place in two groups in January; You will be invited to one of these. Your presence and that of your parents is mandatory. The address of the day is : GPH (Institut Providence Humanité), Faubourg de Bruxelles 105, 6041 Gosselies (map here). Outbound Weekend... You ---must--- be present at our great Outbound Weekend, to be held in Han-sur-Lesse. You will be expected to spend the night there and your parents are requested on Sunday. You will meet a number of inbound students too, and this makes the weekend more than pleasant, because you can talk with them about your country of destination. You cannot go on exchange if you are not present during that weekend. Costs of the exchange The Rotary exchange is cheep because it is based on the exchange.
Registering costs : € 700,00 In some cases, the health and liability insurances are in charge of the parents.
Optional: T-shirts, pin's, banners, business cards Always on charge of the parents: open flight ticket and trips in destination country. Students receive a monthly allowance from the host club.
Comité Youth Exchange du district 1620 New Generation President
Stéphane Courtois
 Tél : +32 475 79 49 86
E-mail : stephane.courtois@skynet.be
Inbound Chairman  Outbound Chairwoman
Past Chairman, Councellor
Philippe CARON
 Treasurer
Giuseppe Canale  Tel: +32 475 29 43 18
E-mail: gigi_canale@be.ibm.com Insurances problems
Fabrice Franz
Tel: +32 479 56 06 47
E-mail: fabrice.franz@skynet.be
Coordinator (Charleroi-Est, Chimay, Charleroi Porte de France, Fleurus, Charleroi val de Sambre, Gilly-Chàlerwè) Isabelle RENATO
 Tel: +32 71 50 29 15
Fax: +32 71 50 29 15 Gsm: +32 476 28 93 59 E-mail: isabelle.renato@skynet.be Coordinator (Mariemont, Mons, Mons Sud, Mons Silex, Mons Bruyère, Colfontaine, St-Ghislain, Dour) Jacques DECOEN  Tel +32 64 44 80 18 Mobile +32 485 68 10 50
Coordinator (Comines, Peruwelz, Tournai, Tournai haut Escaut, Tournai 3 Lys, Dottignies, Mouscron)
Paul DEMOULIN  Tel +32 67 44 27 69 Mobile +32 495 93 08 48
E-mail pdemoulin@sepbelgium.org
Coordinator (Binche, Fontaine l'Evêque, Seneffe, Binche l'Ep., La Louvière, Thuin, Beaumont)
Patrick SAINT-GUILLAIN  Coordinator (Ath, Le Roeulx, Braine le Comte, Enghien, Lessines, Soignies, Renaix)
Dominique BAILAND
 Tél : +32 67 56 06 54
E-mail : dominique_bailand@hotmail.com
Coordinator (Charleroi, Charleroi 7, Charleroi Europe, Charleroi-Ouest, Courcelles 2000)
En attente de désignation.
Outbound Students Reports Evaluation
Viviane MAMBIMBI FUNGA
Tél : +32 71 85 19 41
Gsm : +32 479 90 87 24
E-mail : vmambimbi@sepbelgium.org
Virginie VANDENABEELE
 Tél : +32 64 55 83 03
Gsm : +32 499 96 79 88
E-mail : vandenabeelev@sepbelgium.org
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