Artifact #6

Habitat for Humanity is a non-profit service organization that works for the welfare of the backward classes in India. This was my first major service activity.

A group of 30 members went to Pondicherry; a backward city in India. Though the major part of the city was developed and had all the facilities it was disappointing to see that a little shadowed part of the same city was entirely different. People here, lived in hay houses, did not have proper clothing, were not able to afford two clean meals a day. This was a very devastating situation, so we made it our priority to give them at least one thing they were lagging, ‘a house.’

We worked with and alongside Habitat for Humanity, in order to help these citizens give them what they were deprived of. Though this was just a three day experience, we went through the pain and the rigorous hard work a laborer experienced in their everyday life. It was a great learning experience, as we were able to see the different parts of the society and understand their life styles.

overall, in our travel to Pondicherry we returned with immense satisfaction and smiles not just on our faces but theirs too.

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