Student Ambassador Program in Sweden
- ipsmamzar
- Dec 3, 2014
- 2 min read
Student Ambassador Program in Sweden
( November 30 to December 5, 2014)
As part of Al Ittihad Private School's leading activities, Al Mamzar campus has initiated The Student Ambassador program that aspires to achieve many targets. First aim is to celebrate the UAE's national day internationally, Second to promote the UAE's culture, heritage and development around the world, and finally to provide our students with opportunities to be exposed to a new culture and learn new experiences and promote global citizenship ideals.
Last November 30 to December 3, 2015 there are five selected students from Grade 12 visited a school in Sweden (Goranska Skolan) and spent two days attending classes and workshops during the stay at the school. During the program the students performed an Emarati evening where they displayed traditional items that promote and highlight the Emarati culture and rich heritage. They also distributed gift items and souvenirs from UAE that represents the UAE's National Day . The evening included some traditional dance (Shallah and Youla) where all Swedish Students interacted and enjoyed being exposed to the Emarati traditions and tasted freshly made traditional sweets (Lgaimat).
Also, students visited SANDVIC Company which is a leading steel manufacturing in the world that is specialized in making the raw material used to make many industries such as airplanes, space ships, tools and home appliances. Students took a tour in the manufacturing platform and monitored the process of production seeing things that is not easy to be exposed to in normal daily life while wearing very high safety equipments.
In addition Students attended the official ceremony of the UAE's Embassy in Stockholm and were standing together with the Ambassador welcoming the diplomats, government officials and politicians as young Ambassadors to the UAE which made them feel proud of what they are doing and even more proud of being part of the country's diplomatic missionary.
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