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Want to get involved in the DE initiative, but unsure where to start?  If you are in a city which houses one of AIF’s offices or chapters, then contact staff or volunteer leads to learn about volunteer opportunities. AIF encourages volunteer involvement in program outreach, fundraising, office management and collaborative project support. We also encourage direct involvement with our DE centers. Contact us to find out how you can get involved!

A Letter from Volunteers…

August 22, 2006

Dear AIF,

We both would like to thank you for giving us the opportunity to work at the Sundatta School in Mumbai during our recent trip to India. Not only did it provide us with a unique opportunity to experience a school with which AIF is involved, it enabled us to interact with five very intelligent children and build relationships with them.

When the AIF representatives told us that we should work on a presentation about "Nuclear Energy" with the students, we were intimidated. Did the students even want this interaction? Did they know how to search the internet for information? Did they even know what nuclear energy was or what a power point presentation was? When we got to Sundatta school, we were welcomed warmly by the school principal (Mrs. Sujata Kate) and introduced to five beaming children (Anuprita, Priyanka, Siddhesh, Kalpesh and Ganesh). They were eager to accomplish the task ahead of them. Once we started working with them, we were very surprised at the amount of English they spoke, how quickly they grasped the concept of nuclear energy and learned how to use the internet to get information. We had fun teaching the kids how to download pictures from Google. We learnt that Rahul Dravid was their favorite cricket player and taught them how to download his pictures. After a week they delivered their presentation to AIF staff and school teachers.

This was the first time that they had done a project without relying on memorization from websites and textbooks. Our goal was to get them away from this system and explain that by using their own words they could demonstrate that they really understand the information. We were really proud and impressed that during the final presentation they were able to adapt and were able to adjust to a new learning technique.

We hope this is just the beginning of more things we can do together. We must say that after working with the kids we really do not take our opportunities for granted anymore. Once again we thank you very much and we look forward to visiting Sundatta High School again next year.

Yours truly,
Anjali and Tara Jotwani

Anjali and Tara attend Castilleja School in Palo Alto. Anjali is in the 11th grade, and Tara is in the 9th. Both girls enjoy traveling and learning about different cultures.