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I thought about taking a video of the clamor, but I was too consumed with anxiety to stop clasping my hands together.
Our first team meeting was very productive. We discussed various projects for the GRC, both active and new ideas, as well as each team members' individual goals. We plotted resources and activities on a white board. It was all very exciting. I was taking handwritten notes. Given my usual dependence on Times New Roman, I cannot currently read my notes from the meeting. I will have to get around to that before our field notes are due this weekend.
I was impressed with the work completed by New Concepts and the JMC, which produce high-quality reports, research and ICT solutions for organizations like UNICEF, UNDP, CARE and various governmental bodies throughout India.
After a delicious lunch prepared by our supervisor, we headed out into Jasola to visit the GRC. The office is smaller than I imagined. Given the number of programs run out of the GRC and the number of people impacted by the center, I thought it would be it's own building. Instead, it is a simple 2-room office on the second floor of a light blue building. Women and children filtered in and out (mostly in) for four different programs held simultaneously in 1 room with partial partitions: women's adult education, two different vocational training workshops and children's informal education. As the GRC staff wrapped up with our introductions, the women and children situated themselves in their respective learning-areas (each roughly 6'x6').
After which we were escorted home by a fellow intern at the JMC via: bicycle rickshaw, metro, and subsequently an auto (tuk-tuk). We will meet her at the same metro stop at 10:15am tomorrow morning. Here is hoping my partner and I can communicate and negotiate with the tuk-tuk driver and navigate the rush hour traffic for the first time. It took us 15 minutes to get from the Metro to our flat today with help. We are giving ourselves an hour tomorrow.
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