Yesterday team trip squad organized a day of programming for the group of beautiful, energetic youth that we are volunteering with. The day began with an ice breaker game in which we stood, holding hands, in a massive circle, impact India participants and children standing side by side. Each of us introduced ourselves and called out our favourite fruit, which the children loved. We made our way into the science centre and ate a light Indian breakfast in the cafeteria. After we ate, the kids made an impromptu performance consisting of songs and dances, it was incredible to see how proud of each of other they were. We then watched an IMAX movie on aviation in Hindi. After the short film the group moved into a large hall to begin the activities. We started with an egg drop style event, with plastic eggs as we had no interest in being wasteful. We split the kids up into teams, had them name themselves and then gave them plates, cups, bowls, popsicle sticks, string and silly puddy to protect their 'eggs'. After three rounds of dropping from a significant height each teams contraption was successful and we had five teams of winners. Working with the kids so far has been a profound inspiration. Their ability to trust and even love twenty strangers of a different skin colour in almost no time at all is astonishing. I am obviously in a different space entirely, the other side of the world to be exact, but their conduct has made me feel as though my reality has shifted. I can't even say how much I am looking forward to the next 3 days of camp with these beautiful kids and the perspective altering experience that is intrinsic to their nature.
- Jacob (Yaakov) Walker
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