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Desi Kids Win US Award For Website
A website built by a team of students from Gurgaon, Haryana has won the prestigious Doors to Diplomacy Award of the US State Department, along with a US team.
The Department of State is pleased to announce the selection of two winning websites for its 2005 Doors to Diplomacy award. The awards recognize the websites that best teach about the importance of international affairs and diplomacy, a State Department release said on Tuesday.
All the World Is One , built by a team of students from Gurgaon explores international security by considering global realities and threats while celebrating the mutual cooperation and celebration that support diplomacy, the release said.
The other winning website is: Vaccinations for Nations : This site was built by a team of students from Toledo, Ohio, USA. Their site aims to educate young people about the diseases that ravage innocent children, and also provides ways students can help.
A total of 293 student teams from 39 countries, ranging in age from 15-18, participated in the contest, which was co-sponsored by the Department of State and Global School Net.
Each student member of the winning Doors to Diplomacy Award teams will receive a 2,000 dollars scholarship and a trip to Washington, D.C. this spring, where they will receive a private tour of the State Department facilities, meet with key officials, and participate in a special award presentation ceremony. In addition, the winning coaches and schools will each receive a 500 dollars cash award, the release said.
The State Department said the judging was performed by peers and educational professionals, with the final selections made by a team of State Department judges from the Bureaus of Public Affairs and Educational and Cultural Affairs.
The winning sites will be linked from the State Department`s youth site at www.future.state.gov later this month. Global SchoolNet is a non-profit, Internet-based education programme.
The Doors to Diplomacy Award was specially created for Cyberfair, a contest that encourages students and educators to join together to build high-quality, educational websites on a variety of topics.
These website entries will be available on the web as learning tools, the State Depatment added.