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Students show science is a powerful force for development
Development Minister Jan O’Sullivan welcomed the winners of the ‘Science for Development’ award at a showcase event in the Irish Aid Volunteering and Information Centre in Dublin (Tuesday, 05 April 2011).
Schools from Cork, Kerry, Wicklow Dublin and Carlow travelled to the Centre for the event. The overall winners – from Clonakilty Community College (pictured below) – and their teacher, will travel to Zambia at Easter to field-test their project on food production and health awareness.
The ‘Science for Development’ award encourages young people to examine issues and the challenges facing people in the developing world and to use their scientific skills to aid development. Irish Aid and Self Help Africa have supported the award at the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition for the past six years.
