SO FAR APART, YET SO CLOSE TOGETHER.(News)

From: South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales) | Date: October 4, 2005 | Copyright information

Byline: By Moira Sharkey South Wales Echo

Children from communities almost a world apart are learning together.

Youngsters from South Wales have linked up with children from the shanty towns of South Africa.

Macassar High School in Cape Town has formed a partnership with Whitchurch High in Cardiff with the help of the internet and an exchange programme.

In the last week, Yusuf Abrahams, the headteacher of Macassar High travelled to Car...

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