Monday, March 20th, Rathambore National Park, India

Greetings!

Not far from our hotel is Dhonk, "a social enterprise that is weaving a fabric of change - a change in creating sustainable livelihood opportunities for the tigers neighbors by upskilling them in traditional arts and crafts.  All this by designing an ecosystem aimed at conserving the wildlife and coexisting with nature.  Based out of India's tiger capital - Rathambore - Dhonk ensures that the tiger is an active stakeholder and an integral part of the Dhonk DNA."

We chose our tour company, Overseas Adventure Travels, for a variety of reasons.  One of which is that they support the communities we travel to.  In this area, Kutapura is a primary school in which 100 local children are given free education, uniforms, and a meal.

And some of the retired teachers got to spend time with the students.  Janet reported that she thinks they grasped the geography lesson from the map she drew and the story she told from her childhood school.  Mike reported that they tried to teach him to count in Hindi.

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