I had the opportunity to teach at a slum school in Jaipur, India. It was an amazing experience. I stayed with a host family and ate vegetarian food. We walked to the school every morning, and taught until about 1:00 p.m. We were able to travel to nearby sites during holidays and weekends.
The school experience was very enlightening, and although we would have appreciated some more information about what learning materials to bring with us, we really enjoyed it. The volunteer experience will only improve as the school program and curriculum better develops. For most of the children, we were involved in the only ‘formal’ education they would receive in their life, and that was quite confronting at times.
If nothing else, my time in India reminded me of the important things in life. As actions speak louder than words, the best review I can give VWI would be to say that we enjoyed our time in India so much that we are looking at going back to India and helping the school further!

I would recommend anyone who is looking for a pleasing, satisfying as well as a real experience of volunteering abroad to go with VWI. The staffs are very warm, friendly and funny and they make feel at home. The project itself was very safe and organized. One is given the opportunity to form strong relationship whilst teaching with the community children and school kids who were all very friendly and eager to learn. The feeling I got when the kids smiled and when they progressed in their learning is an extremely overwhelming and rewarding feeling which is very difficult to describe in words. The time spent with the children will definitely stay in my memories forever. The program also includes sightseeing tour of Pinkcity, Jaipur which include you to visit famous places like Amber Palace, Monkey Palace, Hawa Mahal, City Palace and many more. These trips were enjoyed so much. The Six weeks that I spent in Jaipur with VWI was fun and I did not want to go back home as the time spent so fast. Overall it was a wonderful experience and I would highly recommend it to anyone.

I had a wonderful time in India doing the teaching Project in Jaipur with VWI for 6 weeks. I met with many people and made a lot of Indian friends, ate a lot of delicious Indian food, and traveled to a lot of beautiful historical places.
I really enjoyed the time I spent at the school center, the time I worked with kids made me understand the meaning of life. I spent about 6 weeks with kids in August- September. The climate is good here in Jaipur as the rain stopped passed away during these months and the entire city which is covered by mountain look pretty by the greenery. In School sometimes kids were very naughty, but sometimes they make me in so much love; they gave me their toys; give their notebook to write my name and they get around me most of the time when I in the classroom. I was so happy and excited with kids every day; they made my heart soft and warm. They don’t know what’s good and bad; they are pure and natural. I hope they grow up happily and healthily.
Je vivais dans une famille d'accueil indienne. Un gardien nettoyait ma chambre tous les jours. La famille d'accueil me préparait 3 repas par jour : le petit-déjeuner, le déjeuner et le dîner. Tous les repas qu'ils m'ont servis pendant mon stage étaient délicieux. Mais en fait, je n'ai pas passé beaucoup de temps dans l'appartement parce que j'ai passé beaucoup de temps avec mes amis indiens. Les membres de l'équipe du VWI m'ont invitée à dîner chez eux. Leurs parents et d'autres membres de leur famille ont également été très accueillants. J'ai non seulement goûté à de nombreux en-cas locaux, mais j'ai également visité de nombreux endroits magnifiques, car ils m'en ont recommandé beaucoup.
Il y a des centaines de dieux en Inde, et mes amis m'ont raconté certaines de leurs légendes, comme le dieu cobra ou le dieu au visage d'éléphant. Les histoires sont si mystérieuses, et je pense qu'il est vraiment intéressant de les connaître. Je n'ai pas eu de choc culturel en Inde, mais plutôt des habitudes culturelles intéressantes. Mes amis indiens m'ont appris à me servir de la main pour dîner ; j'ai vu des vaches marcher librement dans la rue et même la circulation dense ne peut pas les déranger. Chaque famille a ses propres croyances et croit fermement en ses dieux. Tout va bien en Inde, sauf la circulation, et j'avais peur de traverser la route, car toutes les voitures, autos et motos sont très rapides. J'ai appris une chose en Inde : marchander avec les conducteurs de voitures. Je devais non seulement dire à l'automobiliste de rouler au mètre, mais aussi lui dire d'aller vite, sinon il choisirait une plus longue distance pour demander plus d'argent.
Quoi qu'il en soit, ce fut une expérience inoubliable pour moi. J'aime les Indiens, la culture indienne et la nourriture indienne. Je recommanderai certainement ce voyage à mes amis, car il leur laissera un souvenir magnifique et inoubliable.