{"id":2537,"date":"2011-04-25T06:00:05","date_gmt":"2011-04-25T11:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theprofessionalhobo.com\/?p=2537"},"modified":"2024-06-19T07:39:00","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T11:39:00","slug":"a-week-in-the-life-of-jeannie-nomadic-chick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theprofessionalhobo.com\/a-week-in-the-life-of-jeannie-nomadic-chick\/","title":{"rendered":"A Week-in-the-Life of Jeannie: Nomadic Chick"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>The Nomadic Chick is born: While planning a full escape from her corporate-tour-of-duty, Jeannie Mark\u2019s job suddenly quit her.\u00a0 In June 2010, she set off to explore the world, find stories and grow exponentially.\u00a0 She recently spent three months volunteering at a small village in India with Child Haven, a home for abandoned or orphaned children.\u00a0 Please enjoy this week-in-the-life of Jeannie from Nomadic Chick, as she recounts her first week of volunteering in India.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theprofessionalhobo.com\/heaven-hell-panchakarma-reflection-time-india\/\">Heaven and Hell &#8211; Panchakarma as a Reflection of (My Time In) India<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This post was originally published in 2011 . It has since been updated for accuracy of links and content.\u00a0<\/em><br \/><br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Day One: Sunday<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>12:00 pm<\/strong>: Flew into Mumbai completely unprepared.&nbsp; I\u2019m counting on someone from Child Haven picking me up. Go through customs with no problems and as I venture outside a wall of steamy air hits me. Prakash, the assistant manager, is there with a placard.&nbsp; We shake hands.&nbsp; He smiles.&nbsp; The ride to Savarsai begins precariously.&nbsp; There are no medians, so cars barrel head on towards each other, then swerve into their own lanes narrowly missing each other.&nbsp; Add in wandering animals, surprising olfactory sensations, and men, men, men.&nbsp; No women present on the streets.&nbsp; I feel drowsy from the flight, even though I slept.&nbsp; The car rocks up and down. I brace for the ride ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3:00 pm<\/strong>: Fall asleep on the long jeep ride to Savarsai.&nbsp; Prakash wakes me up.&nbsp;&nbsp; Kavita, the manager of the home is here to greet me.&nbsp; Language is a bit of a struggle with her, but the trade-off is I can communicate with him more seamlessly.&nbsp; I tour the home \u2013 a long, rectangle compound, offset by a concrete patio where the kids play, study or eat.&nbsp; The home is surrounded by infinite hills.&nbsp; A lake that snakes through the hills and beyond is accessible by a slope.&nbsp; Kavita takes me to my room.&nbsp; It\u2019s achingly rustic.&nbsp; There is a western toilet, a new add-on in the last year.&nbsp; The rest of it is dusty.&nbsp; Literally.&nbsp; The walls remind me of swiss cheese, fragile and full of holes. The shower has dirt on the floor.&nbsp; I sweep the dust, then begin unpacking a bit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>6:00 pm<\/strong>: Prayer time with the kids.&nbsp; All 42 of them.&nbsp; It\u2019s the first time we meet.&nbsp; I sit in a plastic chair and they face me sitting cross-legged in rows.&nbsp; The gist of prayer is to show thankfulness to Child Haven and Gandhiji.&nbsp; The sing-song rhythms of their prayer reminds me of holy places.&nbsp; Afterwards, they swarm me.&nbsp; They torpedo me with questions or touch my hair and clothes.&nbsp; I am named Auntie Jeannie.&nbsp; The youngest one has to be five, the oldest sixteen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theprofessionalhobo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Kids-at-prayer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theprofessionalhobo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Kids-at-prayer-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"Kids at prayer in India; photo by Nomadic Chick\" class=\"wp-image-2540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theprofessionalhobo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Kids-at-prayer-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.theprofessionalhobo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Kids-at-prayer-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theprofessionalhobo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Kids-at-prayer-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.theprofessionalhobo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Kids-at-prayer.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\n<p><strong>8:30 pm<\/strong>: Dinner is spicy potatoes with peas, lentil soup and a yummy flat bread called puri.&nbsp; I eat with my left hand by mistake, immediately switching.&nbsp; I follow Kavita and Prakash\u2019s lead, washing my hands with water, letting it flow over my right hand.&nbsp; My hand is still oily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>10:00 pm<\/strong>: As I lie in bed, a group of rats skitter across the roof.\u00a0 They must live there.\u00a0 Earlier, I had to sweep a cluster of ants outside.\u00a0 Before I drift off, I\u2019m certain a mosquito is circling near my ear.<br \/><br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Day Two: Monday<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2:00 pm<\/strong>: I endure my registration in Alibag.&nbsp; Indian bureaucracy at it\u2019s finest.&nbsp; They still hand write everything in large ledger books and work on those huge tunnel monitors from the nineties.&nbsp; I entertain some strange questions by the Assistant Chief.&nbsp; All we do is wait for something to happen, when we know perfectly well it could happen in mere minutes.&nbsp; We wait 25 to 30 minutes for a receipt alone.&nbsp; I see one officer holstering an ancient, well-worn Colt .45.&nbsp; Get caught though.&nbsp; My employment visa says I\u2019m volunteering in Andhra Pradesh, not Maharashtra.&nbsp; The officer gives us a stern warning.&nbsp; The bus back is 40 minutes, choked and cramped.&nbsp; I watch the grassy countryside through the window.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>8:00 pm<\/strong>: Celebrate a festival with the kids.&nbsp; There is singing, dancing, fireworks and sparklers.&nbsp; Nearly burn my hand off holding a lit one!&nbsp; We consume something called shekurama &#8211; boiled soy milk with pistachios, almonds and bits of plum.&nbsp; It\u2019s very tasty.&nbsp; Most of the kids speak Marathi, knowing only a few words in English.&nbsp; Prakash tells me the ones not enrolled in English Medium probably understand 20%, while the English savvy understand 80%.&nbsp; After fireworks and sparklers, the kids dance to music.&nbsp; I take some photographs and learn my first Bollywood dance moves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>10:45 pm<\/strong>: I want sleep, but wash some clothes instead.\u00a0 Write in my journal a bit, then secure the flimsy mosquito screen over the window on my door with duct tape. The night is never quiet here.\u00a0 Cars and motorbikes zip by on the nearby road and since my room is by the girls\u2019 dorm they gossip and chatter for several minutes.\u00a0 No matter; sleep comes the minute my head hits the pillow.<br \/><br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Day Three: Tuesday<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>6:00 am<\/strong>: Wake to the sounds of morning exercise.&nbsp; Outside, it\u2019s still dark and the kids are half-asleep as Prakash makes them do&nbsp;callisthenics.&nbsp; They are cute as they wind their arms, contort into downward dog and bounce at jumping jacks.&nbsp; I join in, a bit bleary-eyed.&nbsp; After the warm-up, the kids run off to their dorms.&nbsp; Kavita comes out of the kitchen entrance with a steel bowl of soy milk.&nbsp; I help her arrange cups while she pours.&nbsp; The kids, some in school uniforms, run up to claim a glass.&nbsp; I sip from my own glass, savoring the warm milk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theprofessionalhobo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Kids-eating.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theprofessionalhobo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Kids-eating.jpg\" alt=\"Kids eating in India; photo by Nomadic Chick\" class=\"wp-image-2539\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\n<p><strong>10:30 am<\/strong>:&nbsp; Take a rickshaw to the nearby town, Pen.&nbsp; I walk down the main square.&nbsp; The visual inputs are overwhelming.&nbsp; Oxen run free, nobody owns them or tries to slaughter them for consumption.&nbsp; People take great pride in sweeping their homes, yet throw garbage in the open sewers or alleyways for burning later.&nbsp; Merchant stalls teem with people.&nbsp; They stare at me.&nbsp; I realize I\u2019m the only foreigner.&nbsp; I turn down the market street, taking in trinkets, spices, garlands or clothes for sale.&nbsp; I find the Internet caf\u00e9 down a side street denoted by a telephone pole and a mangle of lines.&nbsp; The owner allows me to use my laptop.&nbsp; I email some people, try to write a post, but words don\u2019t come easily.&nbsp; Have to get back to the home, anyway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>12:30 pm<\/strong>: Lunch is served in the office.\u00a0 Dal, chapatti, curried vegetables and lentil soup is displayed on a stainless steel thali plate.\u00a0 Eating with my hands is easier, the food delicious. Kavita keeps dishing me more even though I\u2019m full.\u00a0 The office has two computers, two desks and a plastic table in the center for such gatherings as lunch, dinner or meeting donors.\u00a0 Kavita tells me how she came to manage the home.\u00a0 A social worker at the time, she was asked by Mukunda Kolkata to start the home in 2001.\u00a0 Mukunda is the founder of Savarsai, the nearby village.\u00a0 The high school kids arrive from school.\u00a0 I chat with them, try to remember their names.\u00a0 After lunch, the kids have nap time.\u00a0 I write an update email to the Child Haven head office.<br \/><br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Day Four: Wednesday<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>8:00 am<\/strong>: I help the English Medium kids get ready for school.&nbsp; They are picked up in a SUV-type vehicle with bus seats installed in the back.&nbsp; The driver has floor speakers beside the bus seats, blasting techno whenever he starts the engine.&nbsp; I tie up their shoes or help them with book bags.&nbsp; Mostly, the matron is the main caregiver.&nbsp; That\u2019s when I stand a bit helpless.&nbsp; I walk them to the gate, make sure they get in, and wave goodbye.&nbsp; Dipali, a ten year-old girl, says \u201cgoodbye Auntie\u201d the loudest. I retreat to my room, but have to leave again; it\u2019s homework time for the high school kids before they leave for school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theprofessionalhobo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Walking-Kids.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theprofessionalhobo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Walking-Kids.jpg\" alt=\"Walking with Kids in india\" class=\"wp-image-2541\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\n<p><strong>11:35 am<\/strong>: As the high school kids get ready to catch the bus, we hear some commotion on the highway.&nbsp; The kids and me run to the gate and see a blur of orange. A procession of men and women bang on instruments, chanting \u201ctuka ram\u201d.&nbsp; Kavita says this means that man and woman should go to pray.&nbsp; The kids announce that we just saw a dindi.&nbsp; The procession will walk 10 km to temple, pray, and stay for two or three days.&nbsp; Raja, the resident dog jumps on me excitedly.&nbsp; He likes dindis as much as I do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>4:00 pm<\/strong>: Homework time for the English Medium kids.\u00a0 Prakash asks me to sit with them, help them with studies.\u00a0 Saraswati shows me her math equations.\u00a0 Some are wrong, so I get her to count additions and subtractions with her fingers.\u00a0 Nanu\u2019s homework involves filling in the blanks, so I help with pronunciation.\u00a0 Two of the girls want to sing some English poems and dance.\u00a0 They act out their poems.\u00a0 I chuckle and dance along with them.<br \/><br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Day Five: Thursday<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>10:00 am<\/strong>: I walk the Marathi Medium kids to the village school. It\u2019s a short ten-minute walk.&nbsp; The kids group together in pairs, but that seems to fall apart!&nbsp; Some dawdle; others walk fast. We stay to the side avoiding bits of garbage, cow dung and jagged stones.&nbsp; Chitra holds my left hand; Sonali holds my right.&nbsp; They don\u2019t wear shoes; I\u2019m amazed. We go up a stretching, paved pathway, towards the center of the village.&nbsp; It\u2019s my first look.&nbsp; Some houses are constructed of wood, while others are concrete smudged by dust, battered by wind.&nbsp; Goats, cows, wild dogs and piles of garbage round out the landscape.&nbsp; The villagers stare at me incessantly, a foreigner in their everyday environment.&nbsp; I drop the kids off, the principal smiles and waves at me.&nbsp; I walk back slowly, absorbing the surroundings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3:00 pm<\/strong>: A couple and their children arrive in a rickshaw hauling large bags.&nbsp; Prakash asks me to take photos, since his camera is slow.&nbsp; All the kids sit in their designated rows and sing a welcome song to the visitors.&nbsp; I greet the donors, find out they are from Mumbai.&nbsp; Kavita welcomes them formally and asks them to make a small speech.&nbsp; The kids sing some adorable songs, peppered with rhyming and hand-claps. The donors hand out snacks and distribute blankets.&nbsp; I\u2019m included, given some chips and a ladoo.&nbsp; The kids buzz on sugar and the thrill of a special visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>9:15 pm<\/strong>: Post-dinner, Kavita asks me to share a fairy tale before bedtime prayer.&nbsp; It\u2019s chilly, so I bundle up in a toque and jacket.&nbsp; Some of the kids are already sleeping on the cold concrete, but I proceed with a rousing telling of Jack and the Beanstalk.&nbsp; I enlist Sanghvi, a bright English Medium student to translate for me.&nbsp; I act out the story to make the kids laugh.&nbsp; After prayer, I enter the room exhausted, ready for bed.&nbsp; A cluster of ants gathers at the walls and near the door.&nbsp; I sweep again, and then decide it\u2019s time for pest control spray.&nbsp; The clothes I wore all day are filthy, so I put them in a bucket to soak them.&nbsp; When I go to the bathroom, a frog appears on the toilet seat.&nbsp; I shoo it away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>10:45 pm<\/strong>: I\u2019m physically tired, but can\u2019t sleep yet.\u00a0 Raja starts barking at some faceless intruder.\u00a0 My nose is cold under the spinning ceiling fan.\u00a0 I turn around on the hard mattress, the bedsprings creaking. \u00a0\u00a0Raja stops barking.\u00a0 The only sound now is the pump outside, flowing with water.\u00a0 I close my eyes.<br \/><br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>After five months in India, Jeannie is now traveling in Sri Lanka, Thailand and other parts of Southeast Asia.\u00a0 Read her gypsy wanderings at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nomadicchick.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-label=\"her website  (opens in a new tab)\">her website <\/a>Nomadic Chick or follow her <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nomadicchick\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-label=\"Twitter feed (opens in a new tab)\">Twitter feed<\/a> @nomadicchick.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nomadic Chick is born: While planning a full escape from her corporate-tour-of-duty, Jeannie Mark\u2019s job suddenly quit her.\u00a0 In June 2010, she set off to explore the world, find stories and grow exponentially.\u00a0 She recently spent three months volunteering at a small village in India with Child Haven, a &#8230; <a title=\"A Week-in-the-Life of Jeannie: Nomadic Chick\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theprofessionalhobo.com\/a-week-in-the-life-of-jeannie-nomadic-chick\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about A Week-in-the-Life of Jeannie: Nomadic Chick\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2538,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[226],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-week-in-the-life-series","resize-featured-image"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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