[Onse eigene kind, Merushka Peterson, uit die Poort - aka Eersterust in Pretoria - wat nou in Germany study en vir haar unniversiteit die global ambassador geword het vir hulle worldwide campaign! Is ja, laat onse kinders sien en weet: Jy kan as jy wil! JY gaan as jy try! - Redakteur]

The South African, Merushka Peterson, smiles worldwide on an advertisement and advertises therewith for a study in Germany. The 19-year-old student of the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) was selected for the campaign "Study in Germany – Land of Ideas" of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).

Merushka Peterson is very proud to represent Germany: "I hope that I convince foreign students to pursue their studies in Germany, for to me, it is a priviledge. Halle is like a second home meanwhile". Merushka Peterson studies Nutritional Sciences since October 2009. For that, she receives a full scholarship out of the general foundation fund of the MLU. Before coming to Germany the 19-year-old attended the German School in Pretoria. In order to present itself not only, but rather also its course of studies on the advertisement, it lines chocolate rabbits with a carrot. "We have deliberately tried to portray the subject in a witty form, for we want to address the youth therewith above all things and also show a humorous picture of Germany ", says Pia Klein, advisor of the DAAD. Chocolate is a typical