I just wanted to give you an idea of what life was like at Rising Star. They really do have great facilities for the volunteers thanks to people that have made wonderful contributions.
The girls are required to wear Churidaars (sp?) while at Rising Star. They have a bunch that we can use while we are there....So, every day we go to the Churidaar room and pick one out....
This was our room... There were 6 of us in here. And I loved my roommates. Myra and I really lucked out!
We had A/C - which was wonderful! Rising Star did not always have A/C for it's volunteers. The electricity would sometimes go out and it would get hot...but for the most part, we were really lucky. We heard the session before us lost electricity for 5 days!!! Yikes!
The roommates - minus Ali... We had a lot of fun together!!
The Squatter!!! They really aren't that bad.
The bucket showers. I thought that these would be super annoying. But they really weren't. You just fill the bucket half way up with water and use the scoop to poor the water over you. They have to use bucket showers to conserve water. Their water supply comes from a couple of wells. If they run out of water before the monsoon/rainy season, they are going to be out of luck!
The food! The food didn't seem like it was that bad the first week we were there...but when the second week rolled around and we were still eating the exact same stuff - it just got kind of old. I can't imagine the long-term volunteers that had to eat it all summer!
We ate on banana tree leaves... And this plate actually looks better than most nights because it's loaded up with fruits and veggies which wasn't always available...
We ate on the roof...under a cool looking tent thing...and usually with these fun people....
The view from the roof.... Not bad! :)
The Water - When Myra and I discovered that you can get somewhat cold water at the Kids dinning hall....we would make daily trips there to get some drinking water! The drinking water at the elephant house (where we stayed) was always hot when it first came out of the tap! Everyone would try to cram their water bottles in the freezer to get them cold.
The track - This is where Myra and I went to run a few of the mornings we were at Rising Star! It's a small track about 1/8 mile long! So - just 24 times around and you have 3 miles! :) We weren't allowed to leave campus for safety reasons to go running. I was a little bummed about that...but the track was a good enough alternative. I think we ran about 3 times. We were a little lazy the other mornings! ;)
The van - This was our mode of transportation! We spent lots of time in these vans to and from colonies or to/from Chennai. We had great drivers that took us where we needed to go...
The Junction - This is the little village about 10 minutes from Rising Star where we would sometimes stop for ice cream on our way back to campus!
The Wall - Every session paints something symbolic to their session...Since our session was very construction heavy, we decided to go with something that represented all the work we did their...
The people - This is the whole group that we spent 2 with!!!!!!
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