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MVA Shanghai, World Leadership India Program

美国梦沃学校世界领导力(印度)项目

DAY TWO SUMMARY, by Crystal Liu and Jimmy Lu

第二天 刘彦欣，陆佳辰

讲述了他们不一般的达拉维贫民窟之行

After breakfast, Krishna encouraged us to be confident and comfortable during our visit to the Dharavi slum. We all shared our thoughts and expectations of what we would see, and Krishna told us to go in with a open mind. People in Dharavi are proud of their work and where they live, and he encouraged us to respect what we saw.

A few hours later, we learned that Dharavi was very different from what we expected, in a good way. We were surprised to find out that we were taking public transit to get to Dharavi—some of us were a little nervous. The bus was hot and crowded, and the doors were always open, but it was a good ride. Just like in China, people were traveling to work, watching movies on their phones, or sleeping against the window. Same stuff, different country!

After getting off the bus, we met Krishna’s coworker, Suraj, and jumped on a train that would take us to Dharavi. We were in the second class car, which is the most popular choice for people taking the trains in Mumbai. During the trip, we learned a lot about how people took the train in India.

We were surprised to learn that people often like standing more than sitting! Suraj taught us how to jump off of a moving train at the station. Don’t worry, though, we only got off once the train had stopped; Suraj just told us how people sometimes jump off when it is still moving, and we got to see a few passengers do it. In Dharavi, the first place we visited was the industrial area. We went into a factory that recycled plastic and another that recycled tin cans, like the ones used to carry paint. Even though it is called a slum, and people often have negative opinions of slums, Dharavi is a very important place partly because of those factories.

People were friendly and happy to tell us about their work, and we saw what Krishna meant when he said people were proud of what they were doing. We left the industrial area and took a walk through the streets where people live. The houses were small, there were lots of children playing, and the streets were sometimes very narrow. We saw how close people lived together in Dharavi. The kids were so cute and almost everyone said “Hello” or “Namaste” as we walked through!After walking through Dharavi, we went to Krishna’s NGO, Reality Gives, and met some young Indian people who grew up in Dharavi.

MVA Shanghai

World Leadership School India Program

美国梦沃学校世界领导力(印度)项目

Day Four Blog By Tom Xiao and Khepri Zhang

第四天 肖尧，张文畅

前往Chinchoti，一个平静的印度小村庄，我们将住在村民的家里...

Since yesterday was the first time our students met their host families, we asked the leaders of the day, Tom and Khepri, to journal their experiences travelling to Chinchoti and their first night in the homestay. Khepri and Tom are staying in different houses. One of our teachers, Effy (Huang Jun), is also staying in a homestay with some of the students. In the coming days, she will make a blog post in Chinese describing her experiences in the homestay.

We woke up early, at 6 AM before the sun rose. We had to get everything done perfectly so we could start out new journey to the peaceful village of Chinchoti. It was a long, tough trip, because the weather was not good and the boat was cancelled. Instead, we had to take a bus the whole way, but we made it in the end! Along the way, Carlos and Krishna engaged us in a scavenger hunt, which revealed numerous natural and cultural features of the landscape; we saw things like funeral pyres, goddess statues, and corrugated metal roofs.

After we arrived in Chinchoti, the people gave us the warmest welcome, with delicious, aromatic milk tea. We then had our first learning session in Chinchoti: “Why are we here?” Every kid and adult elaborated on their story and reasons why we are here. Some people came here to investigate the world. Some people are here for enhancing communication skills. We also long for learning to recognize both our own and others’ perspectives. Others are devoted to this program because they simply take actions readily. It was a chance for us to re-evaluate ourselves and to be introspective. It’s the time for us to connect ourselves to the local community.

At our anchor session, we shared out appreciations. I appreciate the cute white kitty in our homestay, the Indian McDonalds we ate for lunch, and all the milk tea everyone made. We introduced news about tomorrow, and people seem excited about cooking with our host families and learning about Indian dance. Many of us are a little concerned, but also excited about going to school tomorrow, but Chris told us to “go with the flow.

we had a long trip to a village. It was a long and sometimes boring trip, because nobody wanted to play cards on the bus. Our sixteen people work together and nothing can stop us. Training our heart is the point of this trip.

MVA Shanghai

World Leadership School India Program

美国梦沃学校世界领导力(印度)项目

Day Five: Chinchoti, India 3 October 2016

By Helen Ding and Vera Wang

第五天 丁轶伦，王欣怡

在Chinchoti的日子-村里的歌舞聚会和印度小学里的劳动

Our host family owns a shop at the corner. This family is made up of three people: two parents named Bhavna and Manoher, and their son Kuldip.

This morning Bhavna and Kuldip went to the fish market. Waking us up, Manoher took out a box and opened it up. He started putting things together, and when he settled everything, we recognized that it was a harmonica. Manoher offered us a chance to sing while he played a harmony. He hummer a beautiful rhythm and even composes his own songs. He’s quite extroverted and is willing to talk about all the songs that he has collected in a notebook.Late in the day, after we finished the dancing session, my roommates and I went back home.

By the time we opened the door, we were surprised to find that there seemed to be a party taking place in the living room. There were people there playing drums, and also dancing, which made it crowded. Many of our neighbors came for the party and they invited us to join them. We took turns either with clapping with the audience of doing some dance. Manoher sat behind his big box, playing the harmonica and singing.He reminds me in some ways of the crystal merchant in The Alchemist.

But unlike the crystal merchant, the things that he’s longing for becomes his way to get away from the daily grind rather than being trapped in his village.

We went to a local elementary school at 10 in the morning. We were separated into into two groups, one working to move away some dirt by putting it in the back and a truck, and the other helping to carry concrete. At first I didn’t do well with the mixing, the with the instructions and help from teacher Effy and student Crystal I started to do it very well.Thanks folks!!!

After about one and a half hours of working, we took a break and had some juice and more water. Then we changed jobs, and everyone worked very hard. Everyone worked beyond my expectations. During the work, I saw kids in the school playing and studying together, it made me recall my childhood: little homework and only five classes a day! After we were finished, we went home for our lunch with our homestay families. Later in the afternoon, we had dancing lessons!

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