*I wish I would take credit for the title of this blog post, but alas it is the name of a tour company that sends tourists to the Elephant village for a day!
My schedule Monday-Friday at the the Elephant Village went something like this:
730am- Wake up
830am- Breakfast
945am- Leave for the Elephant Village (EV)
11am- Round up the children at the EV
1130am- Morning exercises and prayer
1145am- I teach class 1 English
1pm- Lunch
130pm-Game time
2pm- I teach class 1 Math
230pm- Katherine and I combine Classes 1 and 2 to teach General Knowledge
The Elephant Village is a run-down compound that houses around 70 (?) Elephants, who work carrying tourist up a hill to the the famous Amber fort in Jaipur. Within the compound live the 70ish Elephants, their Mahouts (caretakers), and the caretaker’s families.
After School is over Katherine and often go in to the EV to hang out with the elephants and help out if we can.
Teaching at the Elephant Village has been the most rewarding work I have ever done because Katherine and I pioneered Idex’s Elephant Village Project. When we arrived on Feb 17th and began to organize the school and collect the children we were told that this was the first time any of the children had been to school, and that many of them had never even left the Village before.
1)Muskan
4) Munne and Fakru
5) Katherine's last day
6) Rosey
7) Class
8) Painting
9) Nadia
10) Fakru
11) Fun Fair
My schedule Monday-Friday at the the Elephant Village went something like this:
730am- Wake up
830am- Breakfast
945am- Leave for the Elephant Village (EV)
11am- Round up the children at the EV
1130am- Morning exercises and prayer
1145am- I teach class 1 English
1pm- Lunch
130pm-Game time
2pm- I teach class 1 Math
230pm- Katherine and I combine Classes 1 and 2 to teach General Knowledge
The Elephant Village is a run-down compound that houses around 70 (?) Elephants, who work carrying tourist up a hill to the the famous Amber fort in Jaipur. Within the compound live the 70ish Elephants, their Mahouts (caretakers), and the caretaker’s families.
After School is over Katherine and often go in to the EV to hang out with the elephants and help out if we can.
Teaching at the Elephant Village has been the most rewarding work I have ever done because Katherine and I pioneered Idex’s Elephant Village Project. When we arrived on Feb 17th and began to organize the school and collect the children we were told that this was the first time any of the children had been to school, and that many of them had never even left the Village before.
1)Muskan
2) Namaste
3) Making chapati for the elephants
4) Munne and Fakru
5) Katherine's last day
6) Rosey
7) Class
8) Painting
9) Nadia
10) Fakru
11) Fun Fair
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