Good inTENTions
Every year when we go to India we try to blog as often as possible, to help let people in the UK know what is going on. Unfortunately we often have a very busy schedule in India and start most blogs...
View ArticleThe end is near…
I can hardly believe it but we are in the last few days of this year’s Chennai Challenge project. It has been amazing, and we have seen so much to make us excited and happy about the work of the YMCA...
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Missing India and Team 2015
Tomorrow is the start of team 2015 with our first meeting. I am really excited but slightly nervous at the same time. I have not been on project since 2011, which seems like such a long time ago....
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A very wet welcome
Hi all, This is Isaac writing from a very wet Chennai. I was not a part of the project this summer, however I have taken advantage of some of my holiday this year to come to Chennai and visit our...
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In which our intrepid adventurer meets and meets again
The rains have abated – hallelujah! This means that I have been wandering around Chennai enjoying a shake in the Fruit Shop on Greams Road, taking photos of the local area and partaking of some...
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This is just the beginning
brief report of the first day in India. We had a trouble free and smooth journey from Heathrow, we were met at Chennai Airport by Isaac, and arrived at our accommodation at 5.30 in the morning on...
View ArticleDay 2: another busy and exciting day!
We were all very pleased to have had a well-deserved, long sleep after the couple of hours we got the night before, so were feeling much more refreshed to begin the day. As a group we met for breakfast...
View ArticleBecky Blogs on the third day
The third day in India After a really busy few days we had a weekend planned for planning and shopping for resources. We started by having a group meeting to discuss where the money that we had raised...
View ArticleDay 5: Independence Day
Day 5: Independence Day A day of independence for India and a day of being the guests of honour for the Chennai Challenge team. In the morning we split into 3 groups- this is so the team could attend...
View ArticleDay 6: Busy, Busy Bees
Day 6 – by Ewan and Lauren So that we can cover a number of areas and make a bigger impact in Chennai, we will be spending some parts of the trip split into two separate groups and then be doing...
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