thank you so much for your continued support of the dirt floors and stone walls project to save india’s schools. my work from the first part of the dfsw project can be seen on my website.
this blog will be dedicated to updates and happenings with the dfsw project while we are traveling through india. come back often or click “follow” in the menu on the right.
below is the map showing our route through india as we continue our work to document the conditions of india’s public school system.
our goal is to dig deeper and bring back the images and stories that will bring everything full circle. we will return to the schools we visited on our first trip to follow up and we will visit new schools and programs to present a contrast. we will also be DELIVERING SUPPLIES!! none of this would be possible without your donations. THANK YOU!
these are some of the questions we hope to answer on this trip: how does leaving school affect the life of the children? what do children do if they live too far away from a school to attend? what happens to the children who successfully navigate the system? my fiancee ashley will be joining me on this trip to interview the children and teachers as well as delivering much-needed supplies.
here is a map of our route through northern india. planes, trains and automobiles indeed!
#1 new delhi, delhi: we’ll fly into delhi and acclimate for a couple of days before heading to the sleepy himalayan city of rishikesh.
#2 rishikesh, uttaranchal: in rishikesh, we hope to enter a small rural public school set on the ganges river. this contrast between urban, rural and suburban schools will be extremely valuable in showing how inherently different the daily lives are of different demographic groups in india.
#3 jaipur, rajasthan: our time in jaipur will be the most utilized and valuable for the dfsw project. we will return to the first school that started it all and will dig deeper. we hope to trace down the children that have since left school and document how being out of school has affected their lives. so far, i know of several children under the age of 10 that were pulled out of the humble school and are now working in factories. we will be delivering supplies to this school. the only way to do this is to sneak them in, as the school could get into a lot of trouble if the government finds out.
#4 ahmedabad, gujarat: our time in ahmedabad will be spent working with ghandi’s ashram. there is a non-profit there called manav sadhm (hindi for “worshipping the individual”) that has amazing programs for children. the one we will focus on is called “street education”. these teachers go into the slums and literally teach the children in the streets. they bring school the children who can’t make it to the school.
#5 mumbai, maharashtra: mumbai is the largest and final city that we will visit on our journey. it is also the home to asia’s largest slum: dharavi. i tried to get into some schools in dharavi on my first trip, but it proved to be very difficult. with more experience under my belt and a very skilled “fixer” i hope to change that on this journey.
we can’t thank you all enough for your support of the project. it is thanks to your generosity that we are returning to india and making a difference!
i’d especially like to thank the following people and organizations for their generous donations:
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