Kerala Backwaters Program

I was volunteering on the project for 2 weeks in October. I worked in a local school where I was teaching children and helping teachers with English. We would start at 9 am and finish at 3 pm with breaks inbetween. The best part of the program was interacting with the teachers and getting to teach children freely. We used school text books but also made up lessons that we felt would be useful. A lot of children know english but are not confident to speak the language and so I tried to interact with them a lot and got them to read out aloud and speak to each other in English. The teachers are a delight to work with and I was invited to one of the teachers home as well.
On the weekend I did a backwaters houseboat which was simply one of the best things I have done in a while. This was so relaxing and I even did some fishing and canoeing. The trip and the whole volunteer experience was so rewarding. I will be back next year to try the elephant rescue program.