INDIA CORE 275:

CORE 275:
INDIA
JANUARY 2016
Jen Letherer
$800* for students with full CCS benefit**
$2,200* for students with half CCS benefit**
$3,600* for students with no CCS benefit**
Experience a culture that has made dramatic
impacts around the world as you visit
three key cities in India including Mumbai,
Hyderabad, and Kolkata.
Learning intensive activities
may include:
ECONOMICS Experience India’s economic
sector and reflect on its growing global
economic force in Mumbai. Compare shopping
experiences at the new and upscale Forum
Mall and the busy New Market in Kolkata. See
evidence of the growing technology sector
and economic change in Hyderabad. Visit Sari
Bari, a microenterprise that employs women
from Kolkata’s red-light district, providing the
hope and dignity of a new life to marginalized
women.
EDUCATION Meet with students and
professors at Sophia College, Mumbai and
learn about India’s higher education systems.
Plan an activity at a Free Methodist elementary
school. Interact with students at an orphanage
and live at Immanuel University with college
students in Hyderabad.
FAMILY Experience family life and share a
meal and/or part of a family’s daily activities.
Get to know the welcoming people and the
enigmatic normalcy of India. Interact with
street children at a Free Methodist school for
marginalized children in Mumbai. Understand
issues of the Dalits (the untouchables) and
Indian culture.
GOVERNMENT Consider the disparity of
living conditions and opportunities among
castes. Meet with a national government
official in Mumbai. Talk with nationals and
with workers from abroad about India’s
developmental government infrastructure.
Visit the Victoria Memorial in Kolkata and
learn about India’s life as a colony of the
British Empire.
RELIGION Understand the complex interplay
of religions in the birthplace of three major
world religions. Hear from Christian Dalits
who have undergone persecution. Attend a
service at St. Thomas’ Anglican Church, an
architectural landmark in Kolkata. Be part
of a revival service in a Hyderabad village.
Volunteer with the Missionaries of Charity,
where Mother Theresa served in Kolkata. Visit
a Hindu and a Jain temple.
OTHER HIGHLIGHTS MAY INCLUDE:
• Talk with workers battling human trafficking.
• D
ialogue with International Justice Mission
to better understand the challenges of human
trafficking and those working to eradicate
injustice
• C
ompare the glitz of a Bollywood film to the
world’s largest slum.
• D
ialog with Immanuel University students
about life in India for the Dalit.
• P
ossible visit to the tea plantations of
Darjeeling in the foothills of the Himalayan
mountains.
• P
resent a drama at Immanuel House, an
orphanage and school run by the Free
Methodist Church in Hyderabad.
DEPARTURE DATES January 2016
experiences may begin sometime during the
last week of December 2015 and last 19-23 days.
Students should not make irreversible plans
until their departure date is confirmed by the
CCS office in early Fall 2015.
This experience, like all CCS experiences, is
subject to political and safety realities at the time
of departure. CCS options can be physically and
emotionally intense and stretching. Before enrolling,
all participants should consult the disclosures on
physical hardships of CCS at arbor.edu/crosscultural.
Passport and immunizations required (both at
additional cost); Visa required.
“India is a land of extremes. Going to India won’t be easy
for your heart, but it will break for God’s people, and
you will experience God like never before. Be ready to
have an experience that will impact you for your entire
life, and be ready for self examination upon your return.
It’s an incredible trip!”
Marc Anderson
“Prepare to be overwhelmed. Prepare to feel
uncomfortable. Prepare to be changed.”
Bekah Barr
“India gave me a perspective like no other experience
in my life has. India is completely different from home,
and this challenged how I saw my situation at hand.”
Beau Ulrey
*CCS program costs do not include: tuition, passport, immunizations,
or the $150 study abroad fee. The study abroad fee provides the basic
international ID, insurance, travel photos and support services.
**For information on eligibility for CCS benefit, see page 44 of the CCS
magazine or at arbor.edu/crosscultural.