Follow Abigail, an ILR undergrad at Cornell University, during her summer 2015 global service learning internship with the Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement (SVYM), an organization working for the benefit of indigenous and rural people in southern India. This opportunity was sponsored by the Employment and Disability Institute through funding from the K. Lisa Yang Gift Fund, in collaboration with the ILR School International Programs and the SVYM organization.
Abigail
Excited to be chosen for the service learning experience in India
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Two weeks until India!
Two weeks from today, Jeffrey, Katie, and I will board our planes to leave the U.S. for India. As part of both the ILR Global Service-Learning program and the EDI disability focused program, we have spent the past semester taking two courses in which we learned, analyzed, and discussed the social, economic, and disability context of India, as well as various characteristics of true global service-learning. With only two weeks left, the three of us our immersed in finishing our final exams, packing to leave Cornell, and trying to contain our excitement of working with local organizations in India to increase the rights and opportunities for people with disabilities.
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