BBC to Link School Children Around the World on December 6
On December 6, 2006, BBC News 24 plans to link and facilitate discussions among school children across various troubled and conflicting regions around the world. The children will be entirely responsible for driving the discussion and asking questions of their counterparts. Areas to be linked include:
- Baghdad, Iraq – London, UK
- Urban – rural China
- Abuja, Nigeria – London, UK
- Iran – Cambridgeshire, UK – Alexandria, US
- Jerusalem – Ramallah
- India – Pakistan
- Kenya – Tanzania
- Puebla, Mexico – Chicago, US
- Science link-up: Malaysia-UK
- Burmese refugees
- Schools in the divided Serbian and Albanian town of Mitrovica
- Three schools in Indonesia
- Two schools in Macedonia
The BBC web site will carry extensive coverage of the discussions at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/6187034.stm.
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