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2020 Global Youth Leadership Program (GYLP)

Vision

Our vision is to shape future global leaders. The Global Youth Leadership Program provides volunteer opportunities for students to work with children in rural India as well as partake in a cultural exchange.

Experience

GYLP participants travel to rural India, stay in the villages, teach/learn with the children in a rural school, experience and appreciate each others’ opportunities to give and receive, and eventually become contributing members of society. Each GYLP participant will teach spoken and written English, hands-on science concepts, Indian classical music and dance, U.S. history, and U.S. sports to an assigned class of students.

Eligibility

This program is open to high school students who have attended Purna Vidya cultural heritage classes. Arsha Vidya Gurukulam camp participants and AIM for Seva student volunteers will be given a preference.

Location

SDET at village Manjakkudi, Tamil Nadu (birthplace of Swami Dayananda Saraswati).

Duration of Trip

Two weeks in December, during the holiday break – 12/19/2020 to 1/03/2021.

Recognition

AIM for Seva recognizes each participant with a certificate for 100 hours of voluntary service.

Coordinator

Srini V. Raman, Chief Operating Officer srini.seva@gmail.com

Application

Apply from 2/01/2020 to 5/31/2020.

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Student Feedback

We are very happy because you are telling a lot of thing to us and you are teach so many things and you also known Tamil and we also known English so we are very happy.

Pavithra, 9th standard

Sadhana akka is our leader, they teach us any Spanish language, I know one sentence, Me llamo Srividya. They teach me in one sentence so I like this sentence very much and I should thank for Sadhanaakka.

V. Srividya, 4th standard

Because we did not like play and do like this you come and we do many games.

N. Priyadharshini, 5th standard

This is my golden opportunity to talk. In the world many of the member do not speak with the U.S.A. so I got the luck.

Shreekrishna, 5th standard

There is a new ground, and new more students, another building and groups and in 11th no groups in physics and biology, and there is a computer lab and science lab.

E. Yuvaraj, 9th Standard

I feel very happy. I enjoy. I play the games and I taught akka.

Shri Harishankar 4th standard

First AIM for Seva Anaikatti home studying, then Swamiji’s told so come to Manjakkudi college.

Naagarani B.B.E. first year

Feels same. We are connecting peoples service is connecting the same. No difference. We are the same.

Periyanaagi B.S.E. Computer Science first year

Eating, all free. Swamiji has helped me and cared for me.

Manikandan, 7th standard, Semmangudi Chaatralaya

Very helpful because we are from little village so there is no education facilities so we live in AIM for Seva hostel so very useful and we can study and get our degree.

Vikram, engineering , Madhya Pradesh

The amount of respect they had for us was so much, and I was so moved, because we were only a few years older than them.

Sadhana Venkatraman, 10th grade, U.S.

I realized from this trip that even small contributions alone or collectively can make a big difference in someone life.

Amogh Arunachalam, 11th grade, U.S.

This was an eye-opening experience for everyone involved, as 2 cultures met.

Keshav Srivaths, 10th grade, U.S.

The values I learned form this trip are innumerable and I’m sure will play an important role in my future.

Shreshta Obla, 9th grade, U.S.

Not a single student let an opportunity pass. They all wanted to take part in any and every activity we presented and that truly inspired me.

Megha Reddy, 10th grade, U.S.