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← Older postsSummer Camp opens May 14th!
April 14, 2011130 fourth and fifth graders will attend camp for the first time from May 14-19th. They are all students in CR’s after school programs. Their days will be filled with swimming lessons, arts and crafts, sports and games, drama and[]
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April 14, 2011On May 5th, twelve students from American University to spend two weeks in India with Communities Rising. They will be working as counselors at CR’s first summer residential camp. 4th and 5th graders from CR’s after school programs will spend[]
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January 27, 2011Last Tuesday I (Kara) said a sad farewell to the CR community in Villupuram as I headed back to Hyderabad to wrap up the regular courses I teach as a digital storytelling instructor with The Modern Story. The night before[]
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January 10, 2011Hi! It’s Kara again. I’ve stayed on at CR for another two weeks to conduct multimedia workshops as part of my fellowship with The Modern Story digital storytelling program. Last week I worked with teachers from CR’s after-school program for[]
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December 4, 2010CR celebrated the official opening of a new computer center in Vikravandy. We are partnering with SAMSSS, an Indian social services organization, in providing all levels of computer classes for students and adults. In addition, English and Hindi will be[]
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September 20, 2010This past weekend the three remaining interns, (Hilary, Cory, and Tyler), traveled to the city of Trichy to work with a group of young women enrolled in a weekend leadership conference. Part of a larger, seven month program, this weekend[]
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September 7, 2010One of the schools our group was afforded the opportunity to work was a school which focused on educating mentally and physically handicapped children. During our visit we worked with the students on a variety of art projects and were[]
Posted in Field Notes | Tagged fieldnotes, India, service/learning, volunteer | Leave a commentMy First Time in India by Emma Groskind
August 9, 2010I’m Emma and I’m a student at Hingham High School, which is located south of Boston. At 16 years old I was the youngest one in the group, but I still felt very included and welcomed into the Community Rising[]
Posted in Field Notes | Tagged India, service/learning, volunteer | Leave a commentArrival of the New Interns
August 9, 2010Our new interns arrived into Chennai at around 3:30 AM after traveling for 24 hours. They were greeted with beautiful flowers. From the Savannah College of Art and Design there are 3 current students; Andy McCoy, Tyler Green, and Sarah[]
Posted in Field Notes | Tagged Dickinson College, India, international internships, out-of-school program, Savannah College of Art and Design, service/learning | 1 CommentMural Art for Girls Boarding Home by Sarah Fisher
May 13, 2010“Live life like the lotus flower because it grows in muddy surroundings but the petals repel the mud. Meaning don’t blame your surroundings and be yourself because you are beautiful.” This quote is inspiration of the mural created for the[]
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