2010 School Year Begins!!

Hello all!

I’m Priya Garg, Nanubhai’s India Program Director, and I’m here to announce the start of a new school year and our new class of fellows and interns! Before they start blogging about their experiences here on the ground, I would like to introduce our fantastic new group:

AT KADOD HIGH SCHOOL!!!

Eric Huh is a graduate of Columbia University with a major in Neuroscience and Behavior. He is excited and has many hopes for the opportunity he has been given to be a part of the Nanubhai team and serve the city of Kadod and Kadod High School. He has had experience teaching English during summers in Honduras and Kazakhstan which has fueled his commitment toward teaching and allowed him to realize the tremendous value in education. He understands how much more there is for him to learn and is, therefore, all the more eager for the experiences he will have in India. He looks forward to learning Hindi, getting acquainted to local foods, and growing in love with a country he will be able to call a home away from home.

Zach Hindin graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the George Washington University with an interdisciplinary major in Philosophy & Global Politics and a minor in Jazz Performance. Since fall 2006, he's co-directed Banaa.org, an international educational empowerment network that creates scholarship opportunities for survivors of genocide in Sudan at universities across the US. In spring 2009, Hindin lived in Varanasi, where he studied Hindustani classical music as a GW International Research Symposiast. In addition to North India, Hindin has traveled through Thailand, Singapore, Turkey, Greece, France, Spain, and, most recently, to the Caribbean islands, where he toured with his reggae band. At the moment, Hindin has aspirations to continue studying philosophy and eventually pursue an MFA in creative nonfiction. Having sat behind the student's desk for more than 15 years, he's excited to continue learning, this time from the other end of the classroom.

AT MADHI HIGH SCHOOL!!!

Emily Richardson graduated from the University of Dayton in 2007 with a degree in Science and Psychology. She had plans to obtain a master’s degree in Occupational Therapy at the University of Illinois at Chicago, but abruptly decided to go abroad and do a year of service in Africa. Emily went to Karonga, Malawi in Central Africa and taught at an all boys’ boarding secondary school in a rural village. After six months there, she fell in love with teaching, as well as the community and culture, so she decided to give up her position at graduate school and stay in Malawi for an additional two years. There, she taught English Composition and Grammar, Biology and Chemistry in addition to coaching several sports and clubs. As a result of this incredible experience, she now wants to pursue a career in International Education Development. Now, Emily is looking forward to teaching English in a different part of the world and learning as much as she can about the Indian culture and the Kadod community!

Felicia Singh (Summer Intern) is an English Literature and Adolescent education major at Adelphi University. She is interested in teaching middle school or high school students the value of literature. She is the president of her senior class and works hard in other leadership opportunities on Adelphi's campus. She loves her Indian culture and strives in learning as much she can about it. In the future she would like to work on women's initiative programs around the world as well as teach in other countries. Felicia has a strong belief in the quote, "Be the change you want to see in the world" and she strives to do just that.