The Experiment: India - Leadership Institute - Community Development and Public Health
- Location(s): India
- Program Type(s): Study Abroad, High School
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Examine public health priorities and community development in urban and rural areas of northern India during a summer abroad.An Experiment Leadership Institute ProgramThis highly competitive Experiment in International Living summer abroad program... read more
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An Experiment Leadership Institute Program
This highly competitive Experiment in International Living summer abroad program for high school students is specifically focused on leadership development. Participation for accepted students is fully funded.
Students receive intensive leadership training in Washington, DC, followed by a four-week experience focused on public health and community development in India. Finally, students return to the US for debriefings, project planning sessions, and reentry workshops on the School for International Training campus in southern Vermont.
Program Key Features:
- Intensive leadership and activism training in Washington, DC
- Onsite meetings with experts and advocates at primary health centers, youth organizations, and NGO headquarters
- Workshop with an organization working for community development, public health, and positive change in India
- Rural visit to a tribal village and meeting with youth parliament members
- Excursion to Jaipur to meet with NGOs like Barefoot College, a rural development organization, and Jaipur Foot Factory, the world’s largest producer of prosthetic below-the-waist limbs
- Engagement with Indian peer groups at Global School of Learning in Bahraich District
- Visit to the Taj Mahal in Agra
- Two-week homestay with an Indian family
- Project planning sessions in Vermont
- Action-oriented project to be implemented after the program’s conclusion
Program Type(s):
Study AbroadHigh School
Program Length(s):
- Summer
- Short Term
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The Experiment in International Living Scholarships
The Experiment offers a discount of $500 for participants who have an immediate family member (parent/guardian, sibling, grandparent) who is an alumnus/alumna of The Experiment (including The Experiment Digital alumni) and/or for participants who are applying to participate in a second Experiment program. This discount cannot be combined with other discounts, though an applicant who receives a discount may also apply for a partial need-based scholarship.
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The Experiment collaborates with a network of generous alumni and donors to offer partial need-based scholarships for our summer abroad programs to high school students from specific geographic locations and schools.
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