Earlier this year students at Cardinal McKeefry School in Wilton took an opportunity to enhance global understanding and interaction.
We spent a morning with approximately 40 young people from the Japanese Ship for World Youth, with representatives from Australia, Canada, Chile, Egypt, Japan, Mexico, Oman, Russia, Seychelles, the Solomons, Tonga, UK, and Yeman giving tours of the school and sharing ideas and experiences.
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