Students in Myanmar Explore Culture, Religion and Development Issues
Soon after classes ended for the year, a group of Hawken students and two faculty members traveled to Southeast Asia for a three-week course called "Myanmar: Culture, Religion and Development."
The program explored culturally and geographically diverse Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, through trekking, rural home stays, train and boat travel, service learning, and projects with youth around the country.
In collaboration with host organizations, the students experienced societal and environmental challenges in this newly open country; they were also introduced to inspiring people, solutions, and efforts that creatively combat problems on the grassroots and national scale.
The class was held in conjunction with Where There Be Dragons, a leader in cross-cultural and global citizenship experiential education in the developing world. An exhibit of Hawken and Myanmar student photography traveled from Yangon, Myanmar and was shown at the Upper School from November 14-December 19.
Students and instructors posted reflections of their journey and studies. Click here to visit their blog.
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Early Childhood, Lower, and Middle Schools, 5000 Clubside Rd, Lyndhurst, OH 44124
Birchwood School of Hawken, 4400 West 140th Street, Cleveland, OH 44135
Upper School, PO Box 8002 (12465 County Line Rd), Gates Mills, OH 44040
Mastery School of Hawken, 11025 Magnolia Dr, Cleveland, OH 44106
Gries Center, 10823 Magnolia Dr, Cleveland, OH 44106
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