By Urvashi Nair | Director Marketing
Diegueno Daughters
Maya and Devan, both students of the Diegueno Country School, California, visited the IIMPACT learning center in Mewat which is sponsored by their school. They were accompanied both by their parents Lokesh and Kirsten and by their grandparents. This U.S. based school has been supporting IIMPACT for the last 3 years. They have named this center the ‘Diegueno Daughters’! Students from this school and girls from the center regularly exchange letters, photographs and cards with one another. Maya and Devan, on a recent family trip to India were extremely keen to personally meet their young friends and to finally put to a face to each of the 30 names they keep hearing and reading about.
All these girls now share a very special bond with each other.
Maya wrote a personal account about her recent experience:
“Today, I found myself stepping into a world of hope as I approached a typical Indian village in the foggy countryside of Gurgaon. My eager family and I were greeted by a curious crowd of villagers who left their household chores and followed us down to the school room for the young girls of the village. When we entered the school room, we were given a cheerful, traditional Indian welcome from the students. Eagerly, the girls set to work reciting poetry, singing beautiful songs, and demonstrating their skills in arithmetic. I was very surprised to learn that these girls had learned how to read, write, speak a little English, and do both basic and advanced arithmetic in a short period of only one or two years. Before my visit, The Diegueno Daughters had only been a name to me, but now I think of it as a school enlightening both the future of the village and the future of India. My inspiring experience has reminded me of the hope that children bring and of how important and life-changing an education can be. I can’t wait until next year when I get to see both the girls and their village again! “
-Maya Tantuwaya 11 years old 6th grade Diegueno Country School, USA
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