Gaza children shatter world record

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http://english.aljazeera.net/focus/2009/07/200973075042919122.html


It was an unlikely place to shatter a world record, but the beaches of the Gaza Strip were the venue for thousands of Palestinian children who flew the largest number of kites simultaneously from the same place.

The record that once stood at 713 has been broken, thanks to the efforts of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) and about 6,000 kite-flying children.

The event is part of the Summer Games programme run by UNRWA - an activities and curricular programme set up for students during their break from the academic school year.

More than half of Gaza's 1.5 million people are under the age of 18 - so there is no shortage of potential record-breakers.

Popular programme

Although only 200,000 are actually enrolled in UN-operated schools, there are nearly 240,000 children who participate in the Summer Games, proving that the UNRWA programme has been a popular activity during the summer break.

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wonderful!

the kids deserve to have some fun

there is a pic

[BlooInBloo]

1. :))))))

[Tuesday Afternoon]

2. beautiful!

:)

[GoesTo11]

3. And Hamas just had a 1000 person wedding!

Sounds like they've got a PR firm calling the shots.

OK with me. Sure beats violence.

[redqueen]

4. ...

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