100 American Students To Do Volunteer Programmes in India

Friday, 11 July 2014, 00:38 IST

Students who have attended the programme in the past say the results have been transformational, both for them and their Indian peers. However, after three successful cycles of executing the summer program, educators realized that there was too much of a gap between the instruction periods, given that students only travel to India once a year.

Therefore, to increase its impact, Uplift Humanity launched The Continuation Programme, an initiative that uses local Indian students and teachers, whom Uplift hires, to provide instruction throughout the entire year in India.

"The technology curriculum is especially important in India, given that the country has been undergoing a tech revolution since the introduction of outsourcing in huge American back-offices and call centres," Neil Shah, the organization's Director of Public Relations was quoted as saying.

"I love the direct, tangible, observable improvements Uplift has been able to make on the lives of these children," said Indian-American actor Sunkrish Bala, the brand ambassador for the organization.

"Uplift isn't simply throwing money at a problem. Rather, it's affecting change on a personal, human level."

Source: IANS

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100 American Students To Do Volunteer Programmes in India