2006-07 Student Recognition Award
One student was honored with the 2006-07 CIEE Student Recognition Award at the Toronto Conference: Rob Hurtekant from the CIEE Study Center in Cape Town, South Africa. Rob was an inspiration to many; both fellow CIEE students and students at the Tembalethu School for the Physically Challenged.
Cape Town, South Africa
Read what Quinton Redcliffe, Resident Director of the CIEE Study Center in Cape Town, South Africa had to say about his student:
Rob Hurtekant of Georgetown University set up a volunteer opportunity in a very poor township in Cape Town, Gugulethu, during his semester at the CIEE Study Center at the University of Cape Town. He arranged his volunteer work at Tembalethu School for
the Physically Challenged. This is significant as it was the first time that participants from the CIEE Study Center in Cape Town were able to volunteer at a school for the physically challenged. The students and the director of Tembalethu believe that Rob
initiated some very good programs at the school. The students felt this was the first time that a volunteer took a genuine interest in their lives and they were inspired by Rob and saw him as a true role model. They also believe that he exposed other CIEE students to positive images of marginalized people. CIEE students continue to run programs at Tembalethu initiated by Rob.
Click here to see a video tribute to Rob created by the director and students at Tembalethu School.