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LCD in the news:

DFID 'Developments' Magazine : Making the Connections
July 2007
Derek Nkata and Bill Dalton report on the ground breaking partnership between schools in the Masindi district of Uganda and schools in the UK.

BBC News: School link delivers clean water
19 July 2006
When children at a UK primary school exchanged postcards with a school in Ghana they were shocked at the concerns of their African friends ...

Times Educational Supplement: Coventry children deliver clean water
17 July 2006
An African community has access to clean water for the first time, after links with a Coventry primary highlighted their plight ...

Times Educational Supplement: Islington schools play ancient African strategy game
23 June 2006
Children from seven Islington schools are celebrating their connections with African schools by taking part in an oware competition today ...

Times Educational Supplement: Postcards to make the world a better place
11 May 2006
Children in over 240 schools in Ghana, South Africa, Uganda and the UK have been exchanging bright and colourful postcards about issues that are important to them ...

Welwyn & Hatfield Times: On a roll!
10 May 2006
A skateboarder is hoping to help to break a world record after he was selected to join a team aiming to skate 5,000 miles through Australia ...

National Association of Head Teachers: UK Teachers given opportunity in Ghana
2 May 2006
Teachers in the UK are being offered the opportunity to spend five weeks in a school in Ghana this autumn as participants in the Global Teachers Programme ...

BBC News: Skateboarder hits the road south
2 May 2006
A 26-year-old man is skateboarding from John o'Groats to Land's End before tackling a 5,000-mile route around Australia's south coast ...

Times Educational Supplement: Primary teachers offered the chance to visit Ghana
28 April 2006
Link Community Development's global teachers programme is looking for primary school teachers who want to visit Ghana for a five-week professional development placement ...
Other related stories: National Association of Head Teachers

Times Educational Supplement: Islington celebrates school linking with Africa
19 April 2006
The Mayor of Islington, Jonathan Dearth, is bringing together eleven schools in the London borough which have links with African schools, at Islington Town Hall next week ...

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