The program that we will be presenting is the Balika Shikshanam program (girl
education in Hindi). More about the program in my last post.
Quick commentary on naming: We learned that a lot of people in India first
think about the Sanskrit translation (the classical language of Hinduism) of a certain meaning to name their
children. Rajeev mentioned that he went through the same process to
come up with our program name, so the program has a more formal name
rather than a literal Hindi translation. I thought this was a very
culturally appropriate nuance!
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| Company sign outside the plant |
During our last week, we visited another family and a school to
understand costs of education. We also gave each family we visited a
framed picture of our visit to their home - they were all very excited!
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| Presenting an employee with a framed picture from our home visit |
Most of our week was spent preparing for the final presentation and compiling the final report, but we did attend a hotel sponsored goodbye dinner with the regional manager of our hotel chain, which was very nice and generous of the hotel.
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| With the regional manager of our hotel at the hotel dinner |
We also got a chance to walk around the plant again to take some
pictures (see below). We could feel the heat from the hot steel and was
surrounding by lots of loud machines - such an active environment to be
in!
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| Workers moving the steel to another rolling machine |
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| Where they size the steel |
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| Quality control checking out steel samples |
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| Finished goods ready for transport |
Word of the day: chalo - let's go
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