We recently took part in an exchange with District 4670 which covers the Rio Grande do Sul province, the most southerly part of Brazil.
We already had strong links with this District following a series of matching grants which culminated in the awarding of our District's first 3H Grant, totalling $1m, for the Gravatai River Project, and there is a strong vocational
The Brazilian GSE Team arrived on 26 September 2011and were with us until 25 October2011 and a comprehensive programme for their visit was arranged. The team spoke at a number a club events across the District so if you would like to see more photos of their visit , follow this link and you will also find their biographies there
If you would like to read about the GSE from District 4670's point of view you can follow this link and practice your Portuguese or use google to translate!!
Here is a picture of them when they gave a superb presentation at District Conference in Eastbourne
Our Team spent one month in Brazil in April/May 2011. For more information about their tour do take a look at their tour blog now, and find out more about the Gravatai project
The team are now available for club talks so please contact Paul Deakin (Shaftesbury RC) at pdeakin@btinternet.com