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28
Apr
Ninth-standard students at Adugodi Government Girls High School edit their documentary on Bangalore’s population explosion. (The scene on the screen shows women fighting for scarce water in the slums.) The filmmaking team is one of 16 in Bangalore creating multimedia projects, supported by my foundation and Adobe.
07
Mar
Varalakshmi, 13, at school in Bangalore
11
Dec
Spray the D.D.T. to drainage to avoid the mosquitos.
04
Oct
Fellow Clinton fellow Nafisa Ferdous posted photos and notes from our 10-day orientation in Delhi. While you’re there, check out the rest of her blog, Nafisa in Kolkata.
02
Oct
Scaling up, visualized on blackboard at the American India Foundation’s refresher for cluster coordinators in Karnataka last week. The coordinators, who train government-school teachers to use computers in the classroom, speculated on the resources needed to increase the reach of the program throughout the Indian state. Click on the chalkboard for more photos from the retreat.
28
Sep
Talent aside, the American India Foundation didn’t send 20 Americans to India to launch 20 Bollywood careers. The fellowship’s aim is to aid NGOs and their communities while grooming young people invested in India and (its) development. We’re now in the third week at our placements, settling into apartments and job descriptions, learning to disguise or exploit our foreignness.
India is vast, and so is the span of our experiences. Check out the fellows’ blogs and read about everything from strep throat in Gujarat to school conditions in Andhra Pradesh:
