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Philadelphia Teens Return From Ivory Coast After Meeting A King, Reflect On Experience
Their journey began on Aug. 7 with an 11-hour flight from Philly to Abidjan, where they reconnected with nine Ivorian peers.
September 13, 2024
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Nine Philadelphia-area boys are back from the trip of a lifetime to the Ivory Coast in West Africa, and it's all thanks to a local mentorship program.
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At Ubuntu Art Gallery in Germantown, mentees of the KB Foundation's Mo Bamba Leadership Education Abroad program reflected on their recent trip to the Ivory Coast, sharing entries from their travel journals.
"This is extrapolating things that they've already written down into memory anchors," mentor Steven CW Taylor said.
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