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Humari Dunya

 

 

Humari Dunya

Humari Dunya invites students to apply to participate in a volunteer program, which gives young participants the chance to give back to humanity while engaging in interfaith dialogue and action.  We have hosted students from the United States

Would you like to spend a month volunteering in India... engaging in interfaith serving learning projects that allow you to experience rich Indian culture, visiting orphanages and schools, providing food to the needy, and participating in many other humanitarian activities? 

 

Program Objectives

Religion continues to be used and abused as a dividing force in politics and media internationally. By engaging in service-learning projects with religiously-diverse groups, we can have dialogue through action, and give reveal how different religious traditions can inform a common call to action in peace-building and humanitarian service. Through this, participants will get to:

 

  • Engage in various service-learning projects in India
  • Interact and work with religiously diverse locals team members, holding dialogue through action.
  • Experience the culture of India from a humanitarian point of view.

 

Program Overview

Humari Dunya enables young men and women to observe the cultural, social and economic state of the impoverished minorities living in India. Participants may have the chance to travel to the cities of: New Delhi, Agra, and Gujarat. All program participants must be 18 years of age or older. It is lightly recommended that participants have the ability to understand and/or speak Urdu/Hindi, as it will give them the ability to converse with the local people and understand firsthand the hardships they experience. Translation will be available during most the trip for non-Urdu/Hindi speakers.

To bring a volunteer group to India in the Humari Dunya program, please contact Shakeel Basha at: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it


 
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