Cotabato City HS Students Participate in Exchange Program in Bandung

Cotabato City High School Students with the officers of the Philippine Embassy in Jakarta and representatives from Manila Water Indonesia. (Jakarta PE photo)

BANDUNG 12 February 2019 — The Philippine Embassy in Jakarta, in cooperation with the Ayala Foundation through Manila Water Indonesia and the City Government of Bandung, welcomed 15 Cotabato City High School students who participated in the Student Exchange Program in Bandung City from 24 January to 02 February 2019.

Manila Water Indonesia sponsored the program of the 15 students, who are among the best and the brightest from local and public Muslim and Christian schools in Bandung, considered a center of education, cultures and the arts in Indonesia.

During the 10-day program, the students visited Muslim and Christian schools in Bandung, and interact with local students and teachers. They stayed with their host families to learn more about their culture and day-to-day life such as language, food, clothing, religion and traditions.

The Student Exchange Program is a project from the Sister-City Letter of Intent arrangement between Cotabato City and Bandung City.   END

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Cotabato City High School Students with Bandung City Vice Mayor Yana Mulyana, Bandung Ministry of Education Officials and Host Families. (Jakarta PE photo)