launching the summer camp

GDL is a whole new place with 20 more people. The interns arrived this past Thursday and, after two days of orientation, everyone’s off and running with their projects.

On the summer camp front, the advertising that our team (which includes the interns and members of GDL’s admin team) has done is paying off. We talk to three or four people every day who express serious interest in the camp. Naturally, it is hard. 17 year old students don’t want to give up the summer before their board exams!

We were supposed to start the camp today (Sunday), but due to a lack of people we’ve decided to launch the camp tomorrow with a parents’ meeting. The purpose of the parents’ meeting is to get the buy in of the parents. It seems like my initial project is coming full circle – I began by trying to promote Parent Teacher Associations (PTA) and now, one of my last attempts at making change during my two year stint in Bagar begins with a parents’ meeting!

So this is a big week for us, with recruitment being our biggest challenge. But thankfully the energy the new members bring is contagious and invigorating and is bound to spread throughout Bagar!