Why Choose India?
India is a colorful and
fascinating country. Volunteer will surely be enchanted by the
magnitude of contrasts that is concealed in this country. Here
volunteer will find deep traditional and cultural roots existing side
by side with the modern impact of globalization. India is the only
country on the globe with unity in diversity. The language, the
tradition and the culture changes after every 100 kilometer. Here
volunteer will find people having faith in many religions with wide
range of rituals and customs which cannot be found anywhere else.
India is a land of fairy tales, princess, palaces and preening
peacocks with a proud history of giant forts. Volunteer also find
hills, deserts, seas, green fields and also the forests. In cities you
will encounter overcrowded markets, sky scrapers, and latest model of
cars with all the facilities of lavish living available and opposite
to that in rural areas you will find people are still living in mud
houses with simplicity and traveling by camel and bullock carts and
they are lacking with the basic amenities of life. Indians pride
themselves in their hospitality. There is a Hindu saying “Atithi Devo
Bhav”, which means “Guest is God”. Most Indians practice this saying
and you will be met by friendly and curios people, who wants to make
your stay enjoyable and as good as possible.
India is the second largest populated country in the world besides the
rate of development is very fast but somehow the economic growth is
not high. The gap between rich and poor is very wide, which means that
the underprivileged population of India is very much in need. People
who live in the rural and remote areas are very poor. Some of them
choose to move to the nearby big cities to seek their fortune. Very
few of them succeed in this quest and end up living on the streets of
Metro cities; many of the children end up in orphanages. This is only
a very small part of the problems in India. There are lots of other
problems pertaining to education, health, social and family welfare,
because of poverty and lack of awareness. The need is to give special
attention to wipe it off by putting all possible efforts against this
dark side of life.
|
"Shake
Hands has been the perfect introduction to India thanks to the
amazing hospitality and the friendly staff. Working with the
children put a smile to my face and I was amazed by the speed in
which they warmed tours and how eager they were to learn. It is
going to be a hard place to say goodbye to! Shake Hands is doing a
fantastic job and I would undoubtedly recommended this experience
to anyone of any age” - Milly Andrewes, UK
