Contributed by Kathryn North and Rakhi Gautam from ILSC-New Delhi ILSC New Delhi’s Learn to Earn program provides English and job skills training to help underprivileged young Indian women expand their opportunities for future success. Rakhi Gautam is 22 years old and the eldest sibling in a family of 5 children. She feels a heavy responsibility to better…
My volunteer experience at ILSC-New Delhi
Contributed by Tomoka Sakaguchi, Volunteer Internship student at ILSC-New Delhi I have stayed for past 8 weeks in New Delhi, India. Can you guess why I chose India instead of Canada, America, Australia or New Zealand to study and use English? I have no idea exactly why, however it rang a bell when I found it…
ILSC-New Delhi staff and students teach English in a slum
On September 5th, while celebrating the Teacher Day in India, the staff at ILSC-New Delhi visited a slum along with around 20 students who volunteered their time to teach English/Hindi to children there. There were about 35-40 children living in the area who gathered in a tiny room with dim lights and no fan in the scorching…
ILSC-New Delhi greening project
Recently, a dedicated team of students and teachers met on a bright Saturday morning at ILSC-New Delhi’s main campus. Our mission was to pick up the litter between our two campuses (a stretch of around 200 feet on the main road in the Shivalik neighborhood). ILSC students, teachers and staff walk from the main campus…
Social Volunteer Internship at ILSC-New Delhi: The days that I am called “Sir”
Contributed by Eiichi Tanaki, Social Volunteer Internship Student at ILSC-New Delhi From this week, I have started a new program in India. It is a job of a voluntary teacher (in an NGO School at Gurgaon, India) for 5 to 16 year olds from the slums. I had looked for an internship program at a company in…