Archive for category: Kashmir 2018

GCJ and ELFA International

Our wonderful nonprofit partner in India, Education and Livelihood For All International (ELFA International), recently shared these photos of notebooks, desks and other supplies bought for the impoverished school children in Kashmir with the help of donations collected by Global Citizen Journey (GCJ). A big thank you to ELFA for all the great work!

GCJ aims to build peaceful relations via citizen diplomacy and one way to do this is to recognize the problems plaguing our fellow global citizens.

If you wish to make a contribution to support public schools in Kashmir, please click here!

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Join the GCJ Kashmir delegation September 26/18 – Next Intro: April 28, 2018

Global Citizen Journey is excited  about the formation of our  GCJ delegation to Kashmir  this fall.  We still have a few openings and are planning our next Information Session for April 28.  There is lots of information up on the website.  Feel free to contact co-director Irene Michon at imichon58@gmail.com if you want more details sooner than late April!  We hope you are intrigued and will begin dreaming of Kashmir with us… The application for the journey is now available.

We are pleased to host this  “Meet & Greet” session in Seattle on Saturday from 10:30 am to noon at the wonderful Couth Buzzard Books & Espresso Buono Cafe, (8310 Greenwood Ave N) for anyone interested in learning about Kashmir… and especially for those of you interested to participate in our Kashmir 2018 delegation!

 

GCJ delegates met many wonderful Kashmiris during their travels in India last spring and they implored us to visit Kashmir and assured us we would fall in love with their beautiful land. They were right! It is a beautiful place with snow-capped mountains, the gorgeous Dal Lake, rich culture and traditions…  And deep pain. The complex and conflictual conditions in Kashmir seem tailor-made for our Global Citizen Journey (GCJ) model and in this time of Islamaphobia and increasing tensions amongst the various big powers on the planet, the time seems ripe. As global citizens, we will listen to the many sides of the issues there and we will bring stories of what we learned back to our home communities. Read more here: http://globalcitizenjourney.org/about-india/india-2018-kashmir-2/

For further details, please contact Susan Partnow at: susan@globalcitizenjourney.org

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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 and Livelihood for All) who will connect us with local Kashmiri leaders, nonprofits, and organizations so that we can learn, explore, and listen together. Our goal is to foster dialogue and relationship building and find bases of unity, a common purpose, and a creative process as well as a project that will be meaningful to the Kashmiri people.

 

Learn more here  (NOTE:  For those of you in the Seattle area, join us for a inspiring evening on Thursday, 8 March when we’ll share stories from last January’s delegation to India as well as talk about the situation in Kashmir and plans for this upcoming delegation.)

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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 famous export is saffron.  This valuable spice is grown commercially in Iran, Spain, and India, but Kashmir’s is thought to be the best.  Harvested from the crocus flower, saffron costs about $6,500 per pound.  More pictures and information about Kashmiri can be found here.

Stay tuned for news of Global Citizen Journey’s next adventure to Kashmir, India!

 

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GCJ delegation to Kashmir in 2018!

Global Citizen Journey returns to India with ambitious and adventurous plans to visit one of the most beautiful, diverse, and contested areas of India in September 2018.   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 and Livelihood For All) who will connect us with local Kashmiri leaders, nonprofits and organizations so that we can learn, explore, and listen together.

Our goal is to foster dialogue and relationship building and find bases of unity, a common purpose, and a creative process as well as a project that will be meaningful to the Kashmiri people.  Read more.

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