Learning advantage

Thomas Patrick Gehl, a former adviser to the US Executive Office of the President's Council on Environmental Quality and vice-president of the Global CSR Foundation, said, "One of the most important things we can do is to bring people together for mutual understanding."

"They can understand that people on the other side of the world are not just similar to them but that there are many aspects of the other culture and society to admire. Imparting this understanding to young minds helps shape their entire worldview," he said.