{"id":2454,"date":"2011-08-26T08:55:32","date_gmt":"2011-08-26T08:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/educategirls.in\/blog\/?p=24"},"modified":"2023-09-05T10:33:30","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T05:03:30","slug":"kourtney-hannaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.educategirls.ngo\/blog\/kourtney-hannaway\/","title":{"rendered":"Kourtney\u00a0hannaway : An Unforgettable Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Young children learning in a class at school.<\/p><\/div>\n

I have to admit I had no idea what I was getting myself into, or what I agreed to when I confirmed my ticket for India. All I knew was that I desired a challenging, interesting experience where I could use some of my newly learned skills to help others. But I got much more.<\/p>\n

I am a student at the University of Oregon<\/b><\/a>, in the summer between my third and fourth years. It has been my goal to take advantage of as many opportunities as I can during my undergraduate experience, and I always knew that one of those opportunities would be studying abroad. I wanted to go somewhere I had never been, and somewhere that I would be able to see a beneficial outcome of my efforts on the lives of real people. So my university gave me some options, and the needs of Educate Girls<\/strong><\/a> matched well with my skills and what I could offer.<\/p>\n

During my two and a half months here I have had the opportunity to learn about the gender disparity in education in India, and to interview and photograph EG employees, rural families, students, and their surroundings. I have been welcomed into villages and homes like I was family, even though I was a stranger.<\/p>\n

I have been challenged to understand the feelings and struggles spoken in a village language, then translated into Hindi, then roughly into English, all while the original message was loaded with a culture and context very different from my own and perhaps impossible to express into words. I have had my knowledge of everything questioned, and shown that I do not know as much I as previously assumed.<\/p>\n

But I was involved in finishing a new website, improving EG stories and reports, and creating content that appeals to a wide, international audience. I got to witness girls being re-enrolled, and families convinced for the first time that their daughters should go to school. Merely because of where I\u2019m from and the kind of education I am able to have, I was a positive example to girls, showing them what is possible through school, and also simply that they are important, that they matter.<\/p>\n

I came to India with the plan of helping others, but I feel the people here have given and taught me more than I can repay. I truly appreciate the opportunity to come here and experience a distinct culture, diverse ways of life, different challenges and new success.<\/p>\n

Twitter: #educategirls #education #impact<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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