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Junior youth take inspired steps
SINGAPORE, 14 July 2005 (BWNS) -- Junior youth from the Singaporean
Baha'i community entertained more than 500 youth at a recent event
organized by the World Bank.

The young Baha'is performed dances portraying the need for unity among
the peoples of the world and the vital necessity to eliminate prejudice
of all kinds.

High school and university students from a variety of religious and
ethnic backgrounds enthusiastically applauded the performance by the
Baha'is at the event, which was held at the Anglo Chinese Junior College
on 1 June 2005.

The World Bank organized the occasion to increase the awareness of
development issues among young Singaporeans and to inspire them to
volunteer to assist local non-governmental organizations.

The Baha'i junior youth (aged 12-15) come from Chinese, Indian,
European, and Persian backgrounds. An active group, they performed, for
example, at an event earlier in the year and recently visited Baha'is
and their friends in remote regions of Sabah in East Malaysia.