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)