At Hiefer International Village, in Perryville, Arkansas, Colorado middle school students experience firsthand the living conditions typical of developing countries.
I’d be interested to see what sort of long-term evaluation they’re doing of this project’s effect on the kids who participate, and how they are supporting the schools involved to continue this thread of teaching and learning throughout these kids’ schooling.
Activities like this can be valuable consciousness-raisers, but unless they are complemented by sustained and well-considered programs that delve into ways to take positive action I suspect that these experiences, for most, fall by the wayside.
That said, I’d love to find out whether any similar programs are being run in Australia.
