International Education Week

So last week was International Education Week so myself and Holly decided to mark this for our Global Citizenship Award by doing some different kinds of lessons with our nursing students. The aim for the week was to get them thinking about the differences in some aspects of life between India and the UK and get them thinking about issues such as health, education, marriage and religion. I focused on health in one of my lessons by giving the students lots of facts concerning health issues and the healthcare system and they had to match them to either India or the UK. Some of the information was quite interesting, such as the massive problems with heart disease, diabetes and obesity in both countries. I then got them to make their own posters comparing different topics between the two countries. The idea was to get them thinking about serious subjects but most of them wanted to focus on the different kinds of clothes and food! I found myself explaining all the kinds of eggs we eat for breakfast back home to the utter amazement of the girls who couldn't believe how many different things we can do with eggs..

Last Wednesday John Fraser from Project Trust came to visit our project as part of his short visit to India. It was really nice talking to him about all of our experiences and also hearing about his trip to Nepal setting up a new project. I have decided I want to go to Nepal after seeing all his pictures! That day Holly was teaching a lesson on education and the differences between India and the UK so John and our Overseas Representative, Bharavi, were able to watch that and meet some of our students. I think the girls were very excited and interested in John, particularly as they thought he was from the Discovery Channel.. In the evening we all went out for an incredible meal. If this is the kind of food we get when PT staff come to visit then I can't wait for our Desk Officer, Tom, to come see us in February!