Namaste! Or hello shall I say… I have recently returned from a trip of a life time to India with Platform2. I went for ten weeks from August until October 2009.
 

Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar and is observed by many Muslims around the globe. The purpose of keeping a fast is not just to abstain from food and water for thirty days but also to remind people to think about the more important things in life and to think about those who go without.
 

After a week in i´m not sure if i could cope with leaving. The family feel like a second family and i´m constantly describing them as mama and papa. Meeting the rest of the family was so nice too. I am most in love with the way of life here. I´m constantly forgetting this is classed as a third world country and that they are classed as deprived and in poverty. As i said, the way of life here is great, I think we have something very wrong with how we live in England and i strongly believe we can learn from the people here.

Dear all,
When we first arrived at the project we were silent. An hour from the bohemian Barranco was poorly constructed houses. It seemed so alien. You view it on TV, in adverts, but you are never inside it. A few kids were there to greet us. They were excited and we were the main attraction. They asked us our names and hugged us. We soon relaxed and had a game of volleyball and football. They are amazing at sport here.