There were so many children filling the streets when we arrived. It was soon established that this project would be very welcome in their village. Within minutes of suggesting our Ideas, the local leaders and respected members of the community were sweeping us around from place to place that were available for rent. We also were told around 30 - 50 children were already interested. This was meant to work. The local people were very happy that the village name would be internationally recognized.
The level of education in the village is not very different here in comparison to Jodhpur (at first glance). We noticed quite a variety of levels. But this may have been because we were meeting mostly the higher caste children at this time, given our impressive introductions. One major difference is that most kids speak Marwari, so all of that good Hindi we practiced will have to be replaced by a new language!
We are all very excited and are looking forward to the possibilities and challenges that lay ahead!!! Once again, please keep up to date with our developments on the blog.
Read the full report of Amanda Humphries in the Setrawa Project section of the Trust's website!
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