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China sends volunteers to Niger

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-10-22 20:46

NANJING: China will send the first batch of 14 volunteers to Niger for Chinese language teaching, agro-technique application, medical and computer services.

Volunteers from China take an oath before heading for Niger for Chinese language teaching, agro-technique application, medical and computer services Oct 22, 2009.[Xinhua]

The volunteers, aged between 20 and 30, came from major universities in east China's Jiangsu Province. They have received psychological guidance, language and skill training, a provincial government official said at the departure ceremony in the provincial capital Nanjing on Thursday.

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The province had sent two batches of volunteers to Guyana since 2007.

Niger is a landlocked country in midwest Africa. Large parts of the country are located in the Sahara desert.