After preparing for a couple days before all the students arrived, the South Asian students presented on their cultures for the international students. You can read more here, and see a few student interviews here, beginning with Olga!
Monica
Mohammad
Rohini
Kultwisiso
Shilpi
On today’s journey in India the group was featured in a gallery. The subject their photography. It was amazing to see how everyone has their own style, their own vision. Although I find galleries boring and saddening; it brought a smile to my face to see their work. We all have been through some life changing experiences, and it was fun. Leaving Ahmedabad was sad, and saying goodbye was tear-jerking. I will miss the people we met, but I will not forget them. They have all taught me a lot about the struggles they face. I now feel as though my problems are not as bad as others and that helping others will surely be beneficial. As the trip comes to a close I will try my best to implement what I have learned. A new setting will bring up the curiosity factor, and Delhi is a sight to see. It will be hard when the time comes for us to say goodbye to one another, but let that not be our final farewell. Even if we do not meet again; we may hear of each other and the changes we made. For now, let us just the last few days having a good time.
My group and I have been showing up to these sessions that teach us a lot about youth citizenship. One of the sessions is called mental health. I personally think mental health is very important to every human being on this earth . We should be knowing our health physically , mentally and emotionally . What I learned in that session is how meditating can make a huge difference in someone life . I never tried meditating! For the first time I have in this session and it has made a huge difference . We have made these stones in mental health class and prepared it for the gallery walk. Whenever someone passes by and sees them . That gives them happiness to read off stones that can make them smile . We never know what a person can be going through throughout their days . We thought that would be a great for the gallery walk!! Spreading POSITIVITY is healthy for your mental health!
Regular jailings, false accusations, illegal dealings and being discriminated, No,i am not making a list of the worst crimes in the world,i am in actuality listing the daily atrocities faced by the Charranager community.
You may say how is this possible, Khanyi? Well this is only possible because of the false which has been put on this particular community or rather falsely given to this particular community. This label is criminal by birth. It is my dream to make this world a better place for all the people that are suffering, for who they are and what tribe they are from.
This picture has left me heartbroken and very emotional. Anger was the first thing that came to my mind knowing that people of Dalit community are treated unfairly. They are building idols for the temples yet they are not allowed to enter the temple. The country has turned against them. Right now and thinking about the children that are raised in this kind of environment and it makes me feel hopeless. How children are supposed to grow healthy when they are treated badly. I have been through the worst pain and stress and i told my self this is not what they deserve.
I wish and pray that they never give up. They must keep fighting till the last day because hard work pays later.
