Students from Al Bayan, American Bilingual, Fatima Alsarawi, Maria Alqobtia and Salah El-Deen schools in Kuwait are reporting stories for the MEPI (Middle East Partnership Initiative) High School Journalism project and World Youth News.
They have also been busy with many activities, including TV interviews, newspaper visits with their mentors, and meetings with U.S. Embassy and MEPI guests.
Take a look at their photos, school blogs and newspapers.
By Giovanni Flores, PJ Poloai, Brittany Mitchell, Educardo Deras, Ivan Reyes Martinez
July 14, 2011
Starting in January 2011, iEARN, PBS Newshour Extra and UNICEF partnered to support students to report on the Millennium Development Goals. Students from Turkey, Pakistan, India and U.S. successfully completed the WYN reporter certification course and reported on the state of the MDGs in their communities. Mentors from PBS NewsHour Extra and Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism Graduate acted as their advisors. Here is the first report from our MDG Reporting Labs: