Contact Jersey SA to subscribe. Currently, three young people are enjoying taking part in the Youth Exchange Programme around the world. Andres Montero from Costa Rica is travelling around New Zealand for six months, staying on farms and learning about NZ Jerseys and dairy farming Kiwi-style. Rebecca Lunn from Canada is currently visiting Australia for four months. Kyla Janson from Canada visited England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland and is now in Denmark.
Plans are in hand for several more young Jersey enthusiasts to travel in the coming months.
Details about the programme are available from Anne Corner , International Coordinator. The Patron of the World Jersey Cattle Bureau, Pat Cairns, of Natal, South Africa, died on 8 February 2001. He was in his 90 th year. Pat's involvement with the WJCB goes right back to 1949 when he attended, in a personal capacity, the Jersey Breed Conference held on the Island of Jersey. Some years later, he took an active part in Bureau conferences, representing South Africa, and was Chairman of the WJCB from 1972 to 1979, then President from 1979 to 1982.