''The Center for Education and Training'' ''in Honor of Sister

Maura Clarke Maura Clarke (January 13, 1931 – December 2, 1980), was an American Catholic Maryknoll sister who served as a missionary in Nicaragua and El Salvador. She worked with the poor and refugees in Central America from 1959 until her murder in 1980. ...

'' (CECIM) (), is an education center located in

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The education center has many projects to educate the people of Ciudad Sandino, both children and adults. Cecim gives classes in e.g. sewing, baking, dancing, and thanks to money from a project in

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...

CECIM now offers acting classes. For many years CECIM has had contact with the Swedish " gymnasium" ''

Angered Angered ( ) is a borough of Gothenburg Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. Angered is the biggest Million Programme area in Gothenburg, and one of the biggest in the country, with 60,000 inhabitants. Transportation Angered is s ...

sgymnasiet'' in

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. In different

exchange program A student exchange program is a program in which students from a secondary school (high school) or university study abroad at one of their institution's partner institutions. A student exchange program may involve international travel, but d ...

s, students from Angeredsgymnasiet have visited CECIM, and students from CECIM has visited Angeredsgymnasiet.

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