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The mayor, Pilar Barreiro, Friday received the visit of representatives of the Rotary Club, ecabezados by Gov. Graciela Waen, in order to see first hand the three young people who are sharing with your program in the city.

The operation of the Rotary Foundation and humanitarian projects carried out in different countries have been other issues discussed during the meeting at the Town Hall.

More than a million people make up this association in 200 countries and is made ​​up of professionals and entrepreneurs from different sectors. Helping and strengthen the closest environment and international level is the main objective of this group cooperates on issues related country and in other projects such as the Philippines, with the collaboration of some 2,000 Rotarians.

Encouraging peace and economic and social development and combating hunger and thirst are some of the tasks faced by young people participating in the exchange program.

During the school year several families welcome students to learn each other's culture and learn about other customs different from their own, as the governor claimed Friday Waen Graciela, who is proud to have also been sharing child at age 16. It changed my life with that experience that I opened my eyes wide, he had Waen.

This year, in addition, there will be exchanges with college students, 21 to 31 years old, for shorter times as about 6 months.

This year there have been three young Cartagena who made ​​the exchange to other countries like the United States, the favorite of these students. Pauline Sherry (Colorado) Chloe Jankosky (California) Jamie Herman (Minnesota) are the three Americans who are in Cartagena with Rotary Program Friday and were able to visit the mayor, who would have had his experience during these months. thing that gets their attention Cartagena is reflected in its history the Roman remains, the president explained Rotary Club of Cartagena Roman Theatre, Bartholomew Rivers, who also attended this meeting.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena