Hannah DeLap
2011 - 2012
Jodhpur , India
Rural Living in India: A Lifetime Experience
I will be working in Jodhpur, India, and the surrounding rural community of Chandelao. While in India, I will be teaching the impoverished communities about small business development and microfinance. I will also work with the rural communities and initiate small self-help groups for the oppressed groups and teach them the importance of savings and trust in community. In the office, I will perform research and submit proposals for projects.
I am extremely excited to start my internship with FSD and get to India to experience a new life. I am ready for the challenges, surprises, and emotions that I will encounter in India.
I know that I will be working in the rural community of Chandelao for half of every week and in the city of Jodhpur for the weekends. The village of Chandelao is a traditional Rajasthani community that still produces traditional handicrafts from that region of India. I hope to help their businesses run more efficiently and have a competitive position against the factories that produce large scale items.
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Major(s): Economics
My Stories
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Cultural Confusion
Most good travel stories are about discovering the unexpected. The traveler goes abroad with an illusion, the illusion is shattered, but then she
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Hard Goodbyes
I never knew how hard it could be to say goodbye to people you don’t know if you will ever see again. I
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Things I Learned in India
People travel to India in search of themselves and seeking spiritual enlightenment from the yogis, gurus, sadhus, and Buddha. More and more often
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Agra
Agra… A trashy city, but one of the most visited cities in the entire world. Placed in Agra are the most popular monuments
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Julay in Leh!
It has been a while since I have had time to write a blog since I have been running around getting ready for
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Working Near the End
Now that my time is almost up here in India, the task of completing my work and training the new manager is under
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Great Indian Travel Bazaar
Along with working for an NGO and managing a women’s empowerment crafts center for the past seven months, I have also learned quite
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Solar Powered and Improving Village Life
So the past week has been very busy and at the moment I am writing from Jaipur where I have traveled with my
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Donor Development
This past weekend, the major donor of the large-scale projects, that had been done and are in progress, came to check up on
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Day By Day
Living in a rural village in Rajasthan, India can be rewarding as well as monotonous. Most days tend to be the same without
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Public Transportation
When travelers come to India, they have different modes of transportation to get themselves around. The most frequently used are the tuk tuks,
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Getting Hot Hot Hot
Other than Holi, the past few weeks have been slow and monotoneous. The only other American left in Jodhpur is my friend Emily
