On the Road
I am writing this post from Mumbai! Flew down here a couple of days ago and met up with the parents and Gus who flew in from Boston. Staying with good friends from England who are posted here now, and living it up with them in British-High-Commission style. It's been great here but tomorrow, early in the morning, we will press on to Udaipur and spend the next few weeks traveling.
Things in Delhi were good before I took off. I think I have mentioned a project I have been working on to get a 9 year old profoundly deaf boy who attends a school in the slums, outfitted with hearing aids, which he had never had before. A couple of weeks ago I, and some others from the American Women's Association, took him to a national institute for the hearing handicapped to run some audiological evaluations on him. The tests showed that he had some hearing and thus would benefit from hearing aids. Long story short, we took him to the institute again where the audiologists tested several different hearing aids on him, chose a pair, and handed them over to him. He looked so excited to be hearing sounds and noises, even if he could hear only fractions of them. The batteries are solar powered, which is an incredible idea- especially as he can't get electricity in the slum where he lives. So this was very exciting and I hope to follow up with this boy.
This past week, I also got to relive the whole experience of arriving in Delhi for the first time, because another Yale 06'er, Gul Raza, arrived there on Monday and crashed at my place. As I took her around the city, showed her where to buy a phone, where to have passport photos taken, where to buy food, etc etc, I realized how far I have come with this city since arriving there. Delhi is crazy and confusing and sometimes I feel like it's trying to get me down, but this was a reminder that I've got things under control. I've figured out how to live here and I guess I'm not a fresh off the plane Delhi newcomer anymore... there's still a LOT more to discover about the city, but it seems that I am getting there!
Things in Delhi were good before I took off. I think I have mentioned a project I have been working on to get a 9 year old profoundly deaf boy who attends a school in the slums, outfitted with hearing aids, which he had never had before. A couple of weeks ago I, and some others from the American Women's Association, took him to a national institute for the hearing handicapped to run some audiological evaluations on him. The tests showed that he had some hearing and thus would benefit from hearing aids. Long story short, we took him to the institute again where the audiologists tested several different hearing aids on him, chose a pair, and handed them over to him. He looked so excited to be hearing sounds and noises, even if he could hear only fractions of them. The batteries are solar powered, which is an incredible idea- especially as he can't get electricity in the slum where he lives. So this was very exciting and I hope to follow up with this boy.
This past week, I also got to relive the whole experience of arriving in Delhi for the first time, because another Yale 06'er, Gul Raza, arrived there on Monday and crashed at my place. As I took her around the city, showed her where to buy a phone, where to have passport photos taken, where to buy food, etc etc, I realized how far I have come with this city since arriving there. Delhi is crazy and confusing and sometimes I feel like it's trying to get me down, but this was a reminder that I've got things under control. I've figured out how to live here and I guess I'm not a fresh off the plane Delhi newcomer anymore... there's still a LOT more to discover about the city, but it seems that I am getting there!
posted by Molly at 10:14 AM
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