A Day in the Life – video made by kids in the slums of Calcutta
The kids in our computer / video class made this incredible movie about their day to day lives and their dreams for the future.
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I Just Discovered That My Dream Of Becoming a Zoologist Has Flaws :(
My idea of becoming a Zoologist seems to be crumbling. All because I don’t know what a Crenarchaeota is. See Mr. Robinson? I can ask questions, unless I’m in a class full of children, then I’ll be quiet. But seriously, what’s a Crenarchaeota?
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The All-In-One Room
Picture your house (or apartment, or trailer, or box- whatever you’re currently living in). How big is it? It has few bedrooms, a kitchen, maybe a dining room if you’re lucky? I’m assuming you have at least one bathroom… that’s pretty standard, although most people have more. If, for some reason, you’re having a hard [...]
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VICTORY WILL BE HAD MOQUITOES!!
The mosquitoes will learn, I will show them. I will win the war against mosquitoes across the globe, and I have discovered a way to make this goal possible. So watch out my blood sucking friends, you are about to be annihilated. 8D
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VIDEO – thank you for making “Passports Village” possible!
Video of thanks from the Dalit people in Tamil Nadu, India. Thanks to your support, LAFTI, and PWP, 50 Dalit families are now able to build decent housing for themselves!
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Podcast – behind the scenes look at a poverty in Kolkata
Kolkata 30 Jan 2011Podcast – get a behind the scenes feel for everyday life in the poorer neighborhoods of Kolkata as we are invited to the homes of some of the CI-Sahay sponsored children. Also, taxis, street markets, Grand Hotel buffet, our English, video and crafts classes and more.
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Glitter CAN Cause Civic Unrest
Have any of you ever gone to a hotel in India? If you have, it was fine, right? You check in, and go up to your room. Well, have I got a story to tell.
We wanted to stay somewhere else in India besides the LAFTI Headquarters. So we went to the nearest city. We found [...]
Learning to Teach
Teaching is a much harder job than I thought it was. Especially when you don’t know the native language, or much about the subject!
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Podcast – Kalkota: teaching English for CI, science center, SAT and more
Our second week in Kalkota:volunteering for Children International – Sahay and exploring Kolkata
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Top Ten Water Skiing ‘Do Not’s’
WATER SKIING!!!! Who wants to know how many times I fell?! It’s pretty funny, let me tell you!!
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