‘We were told these kids from the ghettos of Belfast could never be anybody – they could not have been more wrong’

Project Children founder who helped bring young people from NI to US during Troubles looks back 50 years on

It was aimed at bringing hope to young people during some of the darkest days of the Troubles.

Now, 50 years on, a special exhibition has celebrated the legacy of Project Children, a scheme which took children from across Northern Ireland to visit America as violence raged back home.