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Feature story: Divided Cypriot teens find common ground here

Original post made on Nov 21, 2016

"I'm sorry to go," Nelly admitted at a group dinner she helped prepare right before she left the U.S. in late July. She is one of six teenagers who became new best friends when they came to this area for four weeks, and then flew home to Cyprus, an island nation designed to keep many of its people separate.

Read the full story here Web Link posted Monday, November 21, 2016, 10:56 AM

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Posted by margomca
a resident of Menlo Park: Linfield Oaks
on Nov 21, 2016 at 1:22 pm
margomca is a registered user.

What a heart-warming story! My congratulations and thanks to the founders of the Cyprus Friendship Program and the families who welcomed these brave and open-minded young people into their homes. Change comes slowly, one person at a time. But it does happen.

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