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Mar 8, 2010
ACM's partner in the India Summer Program helps students get involved in health and education projects
"The village – the students still talk about it, and it's hard not to carry that in your heart," said Tonita Lopez, Assistant Director in the Center for Service and Learning at Colorado College. "It certainly was life changing for our students and for myself."
Planting banana trees in the village of Chilati in India.
Photo courtesy of Holly MacBride
Lopez was speaking of the village of Chilati in the Melghat region of central India, where a group of the college's students and staff visited during winter break last year to work on a project with Maitri, a non-governmental organization (NGO) based in Pune, India.
Lauren Jenkins, a senior who participated in Colorado College's International Service Trip to Chilati in January 2009, agreed. "We were only there for three weeks, but it was an amazing experience," she said. "I am more interested (now) in international issues and in pursuing an international services career."
This year, students from throughout the ACM will have the opportunity to work on service learning projects, both in rural Melghat villages and in the city of Pune, through a partnership between the ACM India Summer Program and Maitri. Read more
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The Pyramid of the Sun, located at the archaeological site of Teotihuacán, just outside of Mexico City.
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