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Shruti Arora

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News from Partners – Burundi

Global Citizen Journey (GCJ) visited Burundi in 2008, but certainly engagement with the community did not end.  To this day, GCJ delegates are partnered with “Kazoza Kumukenyezi” which translates as “The woman’s future.” We have helped the Carama Widows Association purchase land to enable these inspiring women to support themselves and their families financially.  Now […]

November 14, 2017 by

Upcoming Trip News Kashmir 2018

Agriculture is the main pillar of the economy in Kashmir, but tourism has been rising in recent years and now Kashmir is one of the top tourist destinations in India.  Despite this, Kashmir is also one of the most militarized zones in the world.  Learn more about the northernmost province of India here. Kashmir’s most […]

November 14, 2017 by

Maher Youth Camp

GCJ-Maher Partners facilitated the first ever Maher Youth Camp late last spring, 2017. Coordinators, Gaus Sayad and Mangesh Pol, supervised five senior youths at Maher to run this incredible, intense, fun-filled entire month-long residential leadership development camp for 85 youths from dozens of Maher homes from around the widespread, outlying areas of rural Pune. The […]

November 14, 2017 by

Delegate Meera Jadev

  “There was so much to learn, so much to experience, so much to reflect and absorb. How could we not have been transformed by this experience?”, said Meera Jadev, who was one of the Indian delegates on the trip, and it was not a trip at all for her as Maher is her hometown.  […]

November 14, 2017 by
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Global Citizen Journey, Kashmir 2018 – A Life-Changing Journey

Global Citizen Journey (GCJ) returns to India in October 2018 with ambitious and adventurous plans to visit one of the most beautiful, diverse, and contested areas of India.   Most of us know little about Kashmir beyond a vague awareness that it is embroiled in intractable conflict.  We will be guided by our local sponsor ELFA International (Education […]

November 10, 2017 by

Quote

 “One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say.”   Bryant McGill

November 5, 2017 by
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News from Partners – Burundi-2

Global Citizen Journey visited Burundi in 2008, but just because the trip ended didn’t mean the engagement with the community did too.  To this day, GCJ delegates are partnered with The Carama Women’s Future Association in Burundi, an organization that works with the Carama Widows Association and helps them purchase land so that these powerful […]

October 27, 2017 by