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Wednesday, December 28, 2011 @ 12:27 PM
As some of you may know, I came back from my OCSP(overseas community service project) in India about 2 weeks ago. Before I embark on the details of my trip, let me share the reason behind me joining Project Gazaab. Other than fulfilling the 80 hours of community service as part of the degree requirement, I thought that it was important that the purpose of the project needed to be in line with that of my own. Project Gazaab is very different from other ocsps, and doesn't involve us doing the same old things like building houses, painting house etc. It was about the concept of micro-social enterprise, where we would guide the students living in the suburbs about setting up their own business, that even with the little technology and resources, they can still be entrepreneurs. Being in ISE (initiative for social enterprise), this was the obvious choice. Project Gazaab has just completed its third year in running, and one of the inspirational stories that sprouted from the founder's (Jamon) efforts can be found here:
http://www.projectgazaab.org/
http://www.smu.edu.sg/news_room/smu_in_the_news/2011/sources/ST_20110122_1.pdf
-straits times
But why India you ask?To be honest I never thought I'd be going India at any point in my life but everything just kind of fell into place after I got through to the interview, which will be explained later in my next post (when I've gotten all the pictures, heh). Till then, see y'all!
Labels: OCSP 2011
