Alleviating Poverty Through Fashion
Last month I visited a new partner of ours in Delhi, which works to up-cycle waste products into high quality fashion accessories, such as bags, wallets, shoes and belts. These […]
Last month I visited a new partner of ours in Delhi, which works to up-cycle waste products into high quality fashion accessories, such as bags, wallets, shoes and belts. These […]
SICHREM is a small human rights-based charity working in Bangalore, and stands for South India Cell for Human Rights Education and Monitoring. When I began volunteering there, 16 staff filled the […]
Before coming to India I had never driven a motorbike and never really had any desire to. Sure, it looked like it could be quite fun, but the combination of […]
Why is it so cold, why is no one staring at me any more, where are all the cows and you want to charge HOW much for a train ticket?! […]
This week I will be ending my volunteer placement with Shaishav, a child rights organisation working in Bhavnagar, Gujarat. I have been working with Shaishav since May 2011, originally coming […]
Shaishav is one of 2Way Development’s oldest partners and our South Asian hub. Operating in Bhavnagar, Gujarat, Shaishav works to improve the rights of children, particularly surrounding the issues of […]
Visas, they’re a minefield of problems, confusion and tear-your-hair-out bureaucracy. They can make the final few days before starting a volunteer placement a living hell, wondering if it will turn […]
For the past 9 months I have been driving a scooter lent to me by work, and it has resulted in some of the most fun I have had here. […]
I’ve been in India for over three months now with a charity called DISHA, which works with tribal people across Gujarat in several different industries through unions. The first thing […]
Though I only began my current role last month, I have been representing 2Way Development in India for over a year now. As part of this, I have had the […]