Goa is a little Portuguese state in India (it was colonized by them). It is mostly catholic which is so weird since i have been so used to seeing ganesh and all of the hindu statues in taxis and rickshaws and now all there was was crosses.
I also went parasailing over the arabian sea which was sketchy and beautiful! Goa was like going to a different country. I could finally show my shoulders and knees in public and even wore a bikini though there was lots of staring. It was also ridiculously international. We met people from australia, somali, dubai and ireland. I also became good friends with this group of 22 year old indian guys who were in goa for a bachelor party for one of the guys who was getting married in december. He had met his wife twice and it was of course arranged. One of the other guys had a girl he really liked but he didnt think his parents would let them marry because she was in a caste below him.
So we are finally back in Hubli and are beginning our social entrepreneurship/grassroots training program. There are 3 americans and 3 indians in my group and we will be working on a social issue in india and creating a ngo to solve the problem. There are 20 indians we will be working with for this program and they are all super nice and i cant wait to get to know them better.
For our last project for my agricultural ngo we created 10 model kitchen gardens for the villages that my ngo works with. We provided seeds and women's health flip books for the villages and a training manual to train self help group leaders(identified community leaders) who will teach and provide health training for their villages. This is a very abbreviated version but each group did absolutely amazing work and created programs that will truly help their organizations that they have been working for.
ahh i have hw to do!
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Sarah
Sarah, finally found your blog – thanks! Please, please more about your newest project. Best, Jonathan & Linda.
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