Roncalli College student Tim Kirke has been named as one of three recipients of the AFS Gallipoli Youth Award.
The three award winners will travel to Turkiye for a three-week exchange programme in April, where they will stay with host families, take part in local cultural activities and attend the Anzac Day service on the Gallipoli Peninsula.
Tim was chosen to receive the award because of his excellent research and outstanding presentation of his great-great-grandfather Private Charles Sealy Verity’s history, and how his legacy had influenced his own life.
Along with his research, he also produced a short film set against the song Empty Chairs at Empty Tables from Les Miserables.
AFS was founded in 1914 as the American Field Service, a volunteer ambulance corps during both World Wars.
It transitioned its mission after World War 2 to focus on fostering peace through student exchange and has been offering student exchange programmes to New Zealand students since 1947.
— Allied Media
