{"id":6658,"date":"2013-10-21T18:00:29","date_gmt":"2013-10-21T12:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/?p=6658"},"modified":"2013-10-21T18:00:29","modified_gmt":"2013-10-21T12:30:29","slug":"teaching-in-the-thar-desert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/teaching-in-the-thar-desert\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching in the Thar Desert"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_6659\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6659\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Jodhpur1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6659\" alt=\"Jodhpur1\" src=\"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Jodhpur1-300x198.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6659\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jodhpur by day<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>The picturesque city of Jodhpur, the second largest in the Indian state of Rajasthan, is known for its historical forts and palaces. One of our work camps (which last between 2 to 3 weeks) is set in Jodhpur, against the backdrop of the great Indian Thar desert. Our volunteer, Anna Novikova, writes about her experiences in the work camp.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">&#8216;Dear readers,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0I say it again: India is a fabulous country!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The end of August I have spent two weeks volunteering for [a] school in Jodhpur. It was [one of the most] cheerful moment[s] of my life.\u00a0 You see a lot of children there. They are very cute, energetic and curious. They are smiling and they ask many questions. The teaching process included educational games, songs, drawing and conversational English. The children were very excited to be learning English, especially through fun and interactive activities.\u00a0 Moreover [they] taught me too! I learned indian dance! If you give care and love to the children, they will give you love back. It is an incredible feeling to see their shining eyes and to share smile[s] I enjoy working with kids and being able to help [them] learn.\u00a0 It enlarged my experience of life,\u00a0 brought self-knowledge and, for sure,\u00a0 broadened my horizons\u2026 [the] educational process was rewarding for [the]children. I tried to do my best for them!<!--more--><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6660\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6660\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Jodhpur2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6660 \" alt=\"Jodhpur2\" src=\"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Jodhpur2-300x198.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6660\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anna with the children<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Also Indian people are so hospitable, friendly, easy-going and relaxed! You [feel \u00a0like you are] in a family.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">If you want to view culture from [the] inside, a travel with FSL is [the] right choose! As a volunteer I can get a real glimpse of the local culture, allowing me to become a traveler instead of just a tourist. I felt myself safe and comfortable with FSL!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">I wish you to be [an] incurable optimistic and open to every moment!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\">Yours faithfully,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\">Anna from Russia&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The picturesque city of Jodhpur, the second largest in the Indian state of Rajasthan, is known for its historical forts and palaces. One of our work camps (which last between 2 to 3 weeks) is set in Jodhpur, against the backdrop of the great Indian Thar desert. Our volunteer, Anna Novikova, writes about her experiences in the work camp. &#8216;Dear readers, \u00a0I say it again: India is a fabulous country! The end of August I have spent two weeks volunteering&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/teaching-in-the-thar-desert\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"Closed","ping_status":"Closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[56,283,284,21,285,286],"class_list":["post-6658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-volunteers","tag-rajasthan","tag-teach-children-in-india","tag-thar-desert","tag-volunteer-in-india","tag-volunteering-experiences-in-india","tag-work-camps"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6658\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}