Hello from India! once again this is Kenya, i have been given the bittersweet honor of writing the last blog post from the India Shanti 2016 crew.i was so fortunate to have traveled around northern India with a group of 9 phenomenal people who i can proudly call a part of my family. This last week we found ourselves back in McLeod ganj, a beautiful city in Dharamsala home to… Read More

From the beautiful sunsets in the lake city of Udaipur to the breathtaking sunrises in the village of Jahdol, this week has been a perfect mix of India’s amazing city and country life. We all loved spending time in the peaceful countryside at the foot of the himalaya’s in Jahdol with our homestay families and teaching english at the local all girls elementary school. Now we’re back in Udaipur enjoying… Read More

everyone is enjoying their time at their home stays. yesterday we went to the blue pottery, a textiles and pottery shop where we learned how to do printing on very soft cotton with ink and beautifully hand crafted stamps. we also made elephant prints that we were able to take, Alex and James got them printed on their shirts. after lunch we were lectured on Indian policy, parliamentary democracy and… Read More

Kenya and Paulo here! Namaste from India! we have been staying at the Wongdhen house and loving every minute of it. Today is the last day of orientation and we (the shanti group) have been getting to know each other better over various meals at delicious restaurants and a very intense , sass filled game of late night UNO. We have consumed copious amounts of morning chai, because chai is… Read More