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Q&A: How to get/stay involved with Longitude

May16
By anonymous (not verified)
Q. What can we do from our home countries to support the Longitude Uncaste India Campaign?

India Q&A: Village Vegetable Gardens

May15
By anonymous (not verified)
Q. Why aren't there more vegetable gardens in the villages? Are the villagers lacking in knowledge? Seeds?

India Q&A: Funding for Housing Projects and Uncaste India Campaign

May15
By anonymous (not verified)
Hello to all Longitude supporters. The subsequent posts represent a Q and A session extending from the request I made to our supporters before my April 09 Evaluation Expedition I made to our project sites in India. There are some very good questions, and I tried to give as much detail as possible to help illustrate the need the Dalit face and the working solutions Longitude and ARV have come up with so far.

May Volunteers Build Homes in the Hot Hot Sun

May06
By shawnrubin
I woke up to a phone ringing at 6am this morning, as I have most mornings this week. Sometimes the call is earlier, later, doesn't come at all, or in the case of this morning, the sleepy young man inexplicably rings again one minute later to say "Hello." "Hello", I respond. "It's 6 o'clock." "Thank you." A few leftover scraps of butter nan and empty bottles of Thums Up cola (made by and tasting like Coca Cola but somehow coexisting in India with the original product) litter the hotel room Taylor and I share.

Chase's Blog

May03
By anonymous (not verified)
The villagers here are amazing to say the least! The people here have shown a resilience and a natural happpiness with their lives that I never experienced first hand before. Just today, Ken, John, Kristin and I played with four little boys in there home- a one room bamboo hut and had a good time just enjoying each other's company.I can tell from just walking around this villlage these last couple of days and observing the customs and behavior of these people that their hearts are warm and gentle.

Christine's entry

May03
By anonymous (not verified)
I've come to India with mixed feelings - some of which roots from the anticipitation of something new and never experienced but also in a sense even a small bit of anxiety. I would even go far to say that at times I wondered how much of a difference grassroot internationlization can really make. I guess looking back I couldn't really mentally prepare myself for this and it is difficult to find the words to describe how our experience has been so far.

JET 2009GW blog

May03
By anonymous (not verified)
Before coming to India, I was often asked by my co-workers in Japan as to why am I going to
India, why am I so interested in helping people who I know virtually nothing about and how much do I think I could change by going there. The truth is, I really don't know how much of a difference I can make, but the one thing I do know is that each and everyone of us has the

The May 2009 JET volunteers arrive at Gunmmallapadu (GP) village!

May02
By anonymous (not verified)

The May 2009 JET volunteers arrive at Gunmmallapadu (GP) village!

A Case to Uncaste India (Pin Drop Silence Continued)

Apr30
By anonymous (not verified)
To recap from my last post 'Pin Drop Silence:' In India, the higher castes have built their power and authority on the subjugation of the lower castes, especially the Dalit. Who does the menial labor necessary for higher caste life to exist? The Dalit. Who cleans up the rivers of human effluence with bare hands so the higher castes do not have to? The Dalit. Who lives in the fields of smoldering garbage so the higher castes can have pristine gardens to enjoy at leisure? The Dalit.

Kothasatram/Indiranagar Village Homes

Apr29
By anonymous (not verified)
Here are some pictures of the houses we began over three years ago in Kothasatram/Indiranagar Village, India.

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