From Tourists to Volunteers: Our Indian Adventure
We arrived in India in July 2013 on a six-month tourist visa. During these six months, we visited many regions including Rajasthan, and we met many poor and modest families in the villages crossed.
Our first observation was to see the effective lack of school infrastructure in the countryside and we decided together, as craftsmen, teachers, trainers, and social and cultural leaders in France, to quickly return to India, to live in the district of Udaipur, to share our cultural knowledge with these families and give them what they need.
It is for these reasons that we worked for the GANDHI MANAV KALYAN SOCIETY, from April 2014, as unpaid volunteers to give our time and bring everything necessary for the good education of the poor children of these villages. We can provide any type of help, either in the form of clothing, teaching materials, tools or other specific needs.
During the final three months of our tourist visas, we decorated the guesthouse where we were staying.
We found a way to return to India quickly by joining an NGO run by a family member of the guesthouse owners.
Three months later, we returned to join the Gandhi Manav Kalyan Society NGO.
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