Canadian students in N. Sulawesi

Canadian students in N. Sulawesi

MANADO, North Sulawesi: Twenty five Canadian students on an
exchange program have been posted in three impoverished villages
to learn about local culture.

The Canadians will stay in Beringin, Badaro and Tidi Aog, this
year's recipients of presidential aid for poor villages in North
Sulawesi, for three months.

Arifin Wungguli, chief of the North Sulawesi office of
education, said the students were expected to contribute their
ideas on rural development.

Arifin and provincial officials briefed the youths yesterday
on basic facts about North Sulawesi, Antara reported. (pan)