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It's time to talk - Photo diary

10 December 2007



On Friday 30th November, 120 Scottish school students visited DFID's East Kilbride HQ to find out more about the UK's fight against world poverty, and to link up with pupils in Sierra Leone and Malawi.

 

Douglas Alexander with the visiting school children Linking up between East Kilbride and Malawi

Secretary of State Douglas Alexander with some of the students who took part in the day 

 

Linking up between East Kilbride and Malawi

   

Asking tough questions

Douglas Alexander responds

   
workshop - group stretching arms upwards Enjoying a work-out through Kathak Indian dancing

Kathak Indian dancing

Enjoying a work-out

   
Learning about

More hard questions

Hearing about the challenges facing the world's poorest countries

   
Sierra Leone's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Zainab Bangura girl smiling and waving

Sierra Leone's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Zainab Bangura

 

A show of hands for beating world poverty

   
Finding out about school life in Malawi Finding out about school life in Malawi

 

Finding out about school life in Malawi

Explaining development challenges