Round the World with Us

Bawana India – .

An appeal for your help !!! $ 25 a month will make a huge difference. Our family has raised the seed money to install a Community Center in the Bawana Relocation Community outside Delhi India. As discussed in the attached article this community was created when underprivileged families were moved out of central New Delhi. [...]

Posted on: February 25, 2013
Categories: Children International, India
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Bawana India

Round the World with Us founders, Teresa Keller and Doug Tilden, recently anchored the development of a Children International Community Center in Bawana India as well as an English as a second Language Program (ESL) in 11 CI centers in West Bengal. Teresa and Doug have been inspired by Children International’s youth council and leadership [...]

Posted on: January 26, 2013
Categories: India, Service Learning
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Wow! Look what you accomplished in just one year!

how many trees got planted?? new school libraries? a school? how many teens in Calcutta got potentially life-saving health education? guess how many Thanksgiving dinners you made possible? Read this blog to find out…

Posted on: September 3, 2011
Categories: Belize, Bulgaria, Cambodia, India, Japan, Kenya, Laos, News, Peru
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Window of the world

Window of the World is a Chinese theme park that features replicas of famous world attractions like the pyramids, the Eiffel Tower, the grand canyon, and much more! Alex reviews our trip to the park.

Posted on: May 4, 2011
Categories: Austria, Belgium, Blog, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Countries, Egypt, England, entertainment, France, Fun Facts - Cultures and Countries, Germany, History, India, Ireland, Italy, Kenya, Laos, Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, recreation, Russia, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, USA, Vietnam
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Varanasi – a surreal experience – podcast and blog

Varanasi – mystical city on the Ganges

Podcast and blog about one of the most mystical places on earth! Travel along with us as we explore Varanasi. Did you know that not everyone can be cremated there? Find out who can be, and what happens to the others.

Posted on: March 22, 2011
Categories: Blog, Fun Facts - Cultures and Countries, India, Podcasts, Traditions
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Some of my favorite pictures from Kolkata

It was heartwarming to see all our younger travelers interacting with the kids and youth that we were working with.  These experiences will last them a lifetime.  I am taken back to some of the scepticism early on about taking the kids on this trip.  These pictures put paid to the idea that the trip would be [...]

Posted on: March 8, 2011
Categories: India, People We Have Met, Uncategorized
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Indian Culture: 10 Things You Might Not Have Known

From the way people eat to how they drive, a few of the cultural differences between the US and India.

Posted on: February 24, 2011
Categories: Fun Facts - Cultures and Countries, India, Snacks and Food, Traditions, Travel Tips
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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.

Posted on: February 13, 2011
Categories: Children International, Economic Opportunity, Education, Environment, Health Care, Health Education- Calcutta, ideas for educators, India, News, Poverty, recreation, Snacks and Food, Sports, Traditions, Videos
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Children International: Meeting my Sponsored Children

Meeting my sponsored Children in Calcutta

Posted on: February 10, 2011
Categories: India, Uncategorized
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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?

Posted on: February 8, 2011
Categories: Education, Global Issues, ideas for educators, India
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