Trip to Trinidad

A Sandwatch Exchange Between Brazil & Trinidad!

Brazilian and Trinidadian Sandwatch Students Meet, Jan 18th - Feb 3rd, 2008

I would like to thank every one from the UNESCO Trinidad and Tobago office, with a special thanks to Susan Shurland the General Secretary and Monica the ASP Net Coordinator for hosting our students and for all the work that they did to make our stay possible. We had such a blast visiting schools, enjoying the sights, and making new friends! Our students have learned so much from the Mayaro students under the coordination of Mr. Andy Paul. It was so great to know that students from Trinidad and Tobago are concerned about global warming and that they are taking action to try to minimize effects of global warming. Our students will never be the same again after such a grand experience.

We would like to encourage other schools from all over the world to engage in the Sandwatch Program. Its a strategy to get students excited not only to become aware of their environmental problems, but also to motivate students to experience what they learn through textbooks. I hope that this student exchange would be the first of many other exchanges because not only did our students learn about Sandwatch activities, but they were also exposed to other cultural experiences.

We believe that international exchange programs have the power to promote positive discussions and open floors for ideas to be shared. Through this the students have the opportunity to share with foreign students the need to protect the earth and make the world a better place. That is why we are looking forward to the Sandwatch students from Mayaro coming to visit us in August. There will be lots more photos!

A local TV station sent a crew to Trinidad with us, and when we got back to Brazil they showed a special program about our visit to Trinidad & Tobago as well as what Sandwatch was all about, they broke the program into 5 parts and showed it everyday on TV at mid-day.

Teacher DJ Santos,

Here are pictures and a text about our student exchange with Trinidad and Tobago students. It was awesome! We had a such blast and a fun time with them. We learned a lot from what they are doing for the Sandwatch project.
I really believe that the Sandwatch project should go for more student exchange like this. It helps a lot to keep students excited for the project.

Now, back in Brazil many more students and schools want to become part of Sandwatch. A local TV station even sent a crew to go to Trinidad with us and back in Brazil they showed a special program about our visit to Trinidad and Tobago as well as what Sandwatch is all about. They broke the program in 5 parts and showed it everyday on TV at midday. It was great!
Now we are getting ready to host Trinidad and Tobago students in Brazil in return.

I would also like to thank everyone from the UNESCO Trinidad and Tobago office, with a special thanks to Susan Shurland the Secretary General and Monica the ASP Net Coordinator for hosting our students and for all the work that they did to make our stay possible. We had such a blast visiting schools, enjoying the sights, and making new friends! Our students have learned so much from the Mayaro students under the coordination of Mr. Andy Paul. It was so great to know that students from Trinidad and Tobago are concerned about global warming and that they are taking action to try to minimize effects its effects. Our students will never be the same again after such a grand experience. We would like to encourage other schools from all over the world to engage in the Sandwatch Program. Its a strategy to get students excited not only to become aware of their environmental problems, but also to motivate students to experience what they learn through textbooks. I hope that this student exchange will be the first of many other exchanges because not only did our students learn about Sandwatch activities, but they were also exposed to other cultural experiences!
We believe that international exchange programs have the power to promote positive discussions and open doors for ideas to be shared. Through this the students have the opportunity to share with foreign students the need to protect the earth and make the world a better place.