Like some of the volunteers before me I had no previous experience with teaching except what I took away from my own school years. But this is really not as difficult as you may imagine. I had been teaching class 3 and 4 so the kids who had previous experience with volunteers and could communicate in English quite well. Two things that I tried to do was to show the kids that I really care and make the teaching as much fun as it was possible. The greatest reward was when
The life at the project is simple but it actually felt more comfortable than I was expecting. Everybody wakes up very early at the project and sometimes I was up at 5.30 in the morning but there is nothing more beautiful than the sunrise over the hills and amazing landscape behind the project. You go to sleep very early too so waking up is not a problem after a while. I was given my “own” solar panel so I was able to read comfortably in my room after dark. I found as well that my favour pass time was helping Shonku, one of the workers at the project, with cooking. And I am a person who does not really do any cooking ever! However a food preparation at the project is something so completely different to what we are doing in our kitchens that even I got interestedJ. Going to a village market was something no one should miss either and learning yoga with kids was one of the funniest experiences I had at the project! But one of the best days was without doubt Holi
festival. I can’t even describe the joy and energy with which kids were participating in the celebrations, throwing at themselves (and me) colourful powder! And even though I looked later like a pink monster I don’t think I would exchange that day for anything!
Where India completely blows your mind and can make you go mad, coming to the project is like finding yourself on an island where life goes on according to completely different clock than rest of the world. I came across this organisation by accident and it was the volunteer’s blog which persuaded me to go to the project so I hope that whoever reads this will get some inside to the life at the project and it will help you to make up your mind like it happened to me, because it is really worth it. If you have any questions about how it is to volunteer for Dakshinayan you can email me on asia_toja@hotmail.co.uk .
Good luck ;)
Where India completely blows your mind and can make you go mad, coming to the project is like finding yourself on an island where life goes on according to completely different clock than rest of the world. I came across this organisation by accident and it was the volunteer’s blog which persuaded me to go to the project so I hope that whoever reads this will get some inside to the life at the project and it will help you to make up your mind like it happened to me, because it is really worth it. If you have any questions about how it is to volunteer for Dakshinayan you can email me on asia_toja@hotmail.co.uk .
Good luck ;)
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