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 […]
Tag Archives: India
Abigail Rowlands – Volunteer Experience
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 […]
Want to really enjoy yourself in India? Buy a motorbike!
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 […]
Reverse Culture Shock
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?! […]
My Volunteer Experience
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 […]
Child Rights through Participation
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 in South Asia
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 […]
Driving in India
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. […]
James Taylor – Volunteer Experience
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 […]
Current Partners in India
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 […]
