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Education |Exposure | Exchange
Take off your blindfold and explore the world through fresh eyes.
Education |Exposure | Exchange
Take off your blindfold and explore the world through fresh eyes.
What We're About
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What is B.I.S.C.E.P
Blindfolded International Student & Cultural Exchange Program (BISCEP) is a non-profit organization founded in 2018 to widen the horizons of you between Miami and Bostwana as a cultural exchange program.
The program provides intercultural learning opportunities to help people develop the knowledge, skills, and understanding needed to create well-rounded individuals. International learning and knowledge propel students towards acceptance and understanding of an array of different cultural and community perspectives. The immersion program helps students from the United States and Bostwana emerge in the following ways:
- Language acquisition is achieved through practical immersion.
- Awareness and adoption of alternative, multi-faceted approaches to learning. Analytical and problem solving skills.
- Enhanced interest in global issues as well as a broader general knowledge. Through education, empowerment, and exposure students will return energized to accept the challenges of a changing world.
DIRECTOR EDWIN SHEPPARD
BISECP was birthed out of the documentary Blindfolded: How They Hid My Heritage From Me. The creative expression from Edwin Sheppard's research in Botswana and South Africa. The documentary included students' dialogue from Miami Central High School and Ledumang Senior School.
"Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself. If I had to put in words what’s the essence of the people of Botswana this quote would hit its mark. The students of Ledumang valued learning and the importance of Education so highly favored that it’s the genesis of what B.I.S.C.E.P will become today and preparing our youth for a new tomorrow."
Why participate in an exchange?
Students reap many rewards from an exchange experience, including:
- Serving as an ambassador for their country and community
- Benefiting from immersion in another culture while adapting to a new way of life
- Making lifelong friends, not only within the host country but also with other students from around the world
- Learning about the practices and accomplishments of people in other countries
- Returning home with a greater sense of the world and a deeper understanding of themselves and their culture
- Assuming leadership roles shaped by lessons from the experience
- Building memories that will be with them forever
"It has always been my dream to go overseas and see for myself the beauty and more advanced technologies we always see on TV. My dream came true sooner than expected thanks to BISCEP."
~Refilwe Maatla, Student
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Blindfolded International Student & Cultural Exchange Program is a 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization.