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intergreat education group
At intergreat education group, international student welfare is always at the forefront of our minds. So when the CovID-19 outbreak reached the uk, our first priority was to ensure the safety of all students. As a member of The Safeguarding and Child Protection Association (Sacpa), InterGreat worked in partnership with the BSA to provide logistical support to the Chinese Embassy, helping them repatriate students to be with their families. A BSA newsletter shared InterGreat’s details and informed members they could contact us to organise flights back home for Chinese students. There was an immediate influx of requests from schools and guardianship organisations whose information we gathered on behalf of the Education Department of the Chinese Embassy. InterGreat’s China offices then liaised with parents to ensure flights were booked correctly on the Embassy system and all of the logistics for the journey were in place. on arrival in China, all students are quarantined in a hotel for two weeks before being allowed to journey on to their hometowns. It was, therefore, important to ensure ongoing pastoral care was in place for these students during this difficult period. So far, in partnership with the BSA and the Chinese Embassy, InterGreat has arranged five flights and facilitated the homeward journey of 292 students. We have also delivered 271 health packs supplied by the Embassy to young Chinese students staying at schools or with boarding families, relatives and family friends across the uk. We would like to thank our partners at the Chinese Embassy, Sacpa and BSA for working with us to help our international community during these trying times.
