Gap Year Part 1

I started off my gap year working as a Youth Leader with young people aged 11-18 years in a summer play scheme. This led me to an exciting opportunity to work on a volunteer project in India.

The Rushey Mead Foundation is a UK based charity that built a Secondary school in a village in the state of Gujarat, India. During the earthquake in 2001, BBC reporter Bhasker Solanki was in Gujarat and found the need for a school in a small village called Nagor near the city of Bhuj. The first class started in 2004 and since then the foundation has achieved a lot.




I was sent to the school with various aims and objectives:

1. Teacher Support Scheme – to provide educational and motivational support to the students and the teachers

2. Belgrave Playhouse Project – Photographic Installation project for a charity childcare centre based in Leicester

3. Documentary – possibly find a story to develop into a documentary