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Kate Allen is the Education Officer for Global Citizen Corps, based in Edinburgh.
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Edinburgh, Scotland
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July 6, 2011 6:18AM
Secretary of State for International Development travels to Edinburgh to meet young Scots
Kate Allen
Education Officer, Global Citizen Corps
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Last Friday, Mercy Corps took a group of three high school pupils to meet Andrew Mitchell, the Secretary of State for International Development at the Scottish Parliament.
The three Global Citizen Corps members that visited Scottish Parliament last Friday to talk with various leaders about international humanitarian aid. Photo: Kate Allen/Mercy Corps
After being escorted up seemingly endless flights of stairs and assembling in the main meeting room, each group were introduced. There were several Scottish Youth Parliament members, a group who travelled from London to represent the British Youth Council and the Scottish National Union of Students. And then there was us.
In a room of very politically clued-up young people I felt a bit out of place, but we introduced ourselves and were immediately engaged into several deep and engaging conversations with the other attendees.
