Posts Tagged ‘Jaipur’

Amanda Koster: Samvedna Mobile Clinic

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Vatsalya’s mobile van goes out with its team and parks in a slum location. Street children gather to paint, play sports, and do writing exercises.


Jaipur, India Traffic

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Traffic in Jaipur, India. The sidewalk shots that zoom by are actually very interesting if you pause and view them frame-by-frame. Video shot by Conrad Chavez.


Jesse Powell: India 2009

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India has more inspiring stories than could ever be told. Despire all the trouble, the hardship, the poverty, the Indian people seem eternally optimistic. Their optimism is not without good cause, thanks to organizations like Vatsalya, and the unwaveringly devoted, often self-sacrificing people who’ve committed themselves to the greater good.


Udayan School: Aisha Zakiya-Boyd, India 2009

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I was touched by Jaipur’s street children learning and living at Udayan school. Udayan literally means, “rising and moving ahead.”


Udayan Home for Children, Part of Vatsalya.org

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This past week the SalaamGarage team of storytellers for India 2009 have been hard at work building stories, interviewing, recording, observing and participating in so many of Vatsalya’s great projects around Jaipur, India. Here are a few flip videos I recorded at Udayan home for children and Anoothi shop run by Vatsalya.org


The little NGO that can, Vatsalya.org in Jaipur India

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We get asked all the time “what is an NGO?” Its a common question. We hope soon it will be a household word and that everyone will know that NGO means non-gonvernment organization, a non-profit. SalaamGarage is bringing a group of incredibly talented, smart, and caring people to Rajasthan, India to help a small NGO [...]