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India - Community building and teaching

Challenge:

Building and Teaching

Destination:

India

Departure Dates From:

05/07/2008

Cost:

£ 800

Reference No.

#IND-8804-10/07

Mad projects are suitable for people that enjoy working in a team and are able to cope being in new situations and are interested in meeting and having fun with people from different cultures. Mad projects are very varied experience's because each week you get to do a combination of building with teaching and you can travel with everyone at the weekends.

Think India and you think a country of colour, a deep embedded history of different religions, culture and people. It is this unique diversity which continually attracts people worldwide, and nothing can quite prepare you for the overload of sensual experiences awaiting which leave you somewhat dazzled and bewildered.

It is a country of contradictions, yet it remains a compelling location which never fails to surprise and fascinate its visitors. From the awe inspiring Himalayas, to the tranquil backwater ways of Kerala, the mystical Ganges to the far reaching desert, India has everything to offer a visitor. Despite India's great strides forward in economic development, the majority of India's people (70%) are still living in rural areas with much of the 1.1 billion-strong population remains illiterate and underprivileged.

Children born into a poor farming community do not have access to more than a very basic education, and therefore don't have the opportunity to learn the skills they would need to get a well-paid job or develop farming methods, which leads to a poverty cycle that it is hard for communities to address.