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← Older postsATOM Project Launched!
February 15, 2012The ATOM | Art To Many project was launched in January. Fulbright Professor Kathy Fritz spent two days teaching CR staff about design and leading them through the projects they will be teaching their students. After completing the classes with[]
Posted in Latest News | Tagged ATOM, Camp Hill, volunteer | Leave a commentSummer 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[]
Posted in Latest News | Tagged India, international internships, summer camp, volunteer | Leave a commentAU Students Heading to India
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[]
Posted in Latest News | Tagged American University, India, international internships, service/learning, summer camp, volunteer | Leave a commentVillanova’s Last Day: Swimming & Fun!
January 7, 2011It is our last day in India and we can’t believe it! The time has passed so quickly and we couldn’t be more grateful for the experiences we have shared over the past week. Earlier today we taught our second[]
Posted in Field Notes | Tagged out-of-school program, swimming, Villanova, volunteer | Leave a commentWorking at Periathachoor and Fr. Raj’s Presentation
January 6, 2011Sunday was our first opportunity to work at one of Communities Rising’s learning centers during our experience. After breakfast we drove to the learning center at Periathachoor to participate in their Sunday program. We divided ourselves into different groups and[]
Posted in Field Notes | Tagged Villanova, volunteer | Leave a commentVillanova arrives at Communities Rising!
January 3, 2011Hello! We are the Villanova students visiting Communities Rising this week, and we decided to share our experiences with you by blogging as much as possible this week. We arrived on New Year’s Eve in the evening after encountering some[]
Posted in Field Notes | Tagged midnight mass, New Year's, Villanova, volunteer | 4 CommentsSt. Peter Paul’s School for the Disabled
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 commentThe Boys Hostel
August 15, 2010Next door to SAMSSS is a hostel of 60 boys. This week we worked on a mural with these boys. This mural was designed in a checkerboard pattern and each boy was allotted a square. The boys first sketched out[]
Posted in Field Notes | Tagged international internships, mural painting, Savannah College of Art and Design, service/learning, volunteer | Leave a commentTailoring School
August 15, 2010One of the projects that our group has initially begun working on is with Mother Theresa’s Technical College. Here is a photo of some of us with the girls (ages 15 to 30) outside of the school.
Posted in Field Notes | Tagged international internships, Savannah College of Art and Design, 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[]
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