Swecha Reflection
这篇博客文章是由金砖beplay官网体育四国参与者克里斯·拉利（Chris Lally）和厄休拉·德德金（Ursula Dedekind）撰写的…
When we encounter or become aware of social issues and have the means to help, what is our responsibility?
作为团队负责人进入我们的一周，我们的意图是“关心队列”，我们设定的目标是为了确保我们整个星期都在寻找彼此。但是，正如我们发现的那样，照顾我们的全球社区也很重要。意识和责任是有争议的主题，我们在教室内外谈论过很多话题。贫民窟旅游的概念和非政府组织的作用是我们在过去一周中讨论的两个主题，这在双方都可以主张。关于贫民窟的旅游业，我们已经争论了其教育目的及其娱乐和客观化组成部分。同样，我们谈到了与戈什教授的非政府组织干预，如果这些组织在培养社区方面遭受的弊大于利；显然，这些问题不仅是黑白。在过去的一周中，我们中的许多人都大规模地看到了贫困和贫民窟社区，并融入了这里的日常生活中。在印度，我们一直在学习如何在社会中浏览自己的角色，以及如何最好地帮助那些有需要的社区。
Our visit to Swecha provided an immersive insight into the lives of native Indian people actively taking a stance to improve communities battling the hardships of their environment. Talking to the students who are learning life skills in Swecha’s “Me to Be” education program emphasized the impact a well-intentioned organization with limited resources can have when general access to reliable and beneficial knowledge is rare. After convincing their parents that continuing to work with Swecha beyond the ninth grade was more valuable than working, the children in the community center emerged into adulthood with the ingrained values of gender equality and hope for the future. These previously foreign concepts predominantly contrast ideologies they are surrounded by at home and in their greater communities. Swecha may be a small example of a relief effort in comparison to the poverty and devastation of countless communities in India and around the world, yet its represents how impactful any effort to help can be when hope and education is a rare commodity in life for so many.
我们对这些全球问题的贡献的答案是一场辩论，没有结论，但是，如果我们了解到一件事是继续探索我们作为一个社会应采取的行动的重要性的重要性。随着我们继续穿越印度的旅程，超越我们的观点将继续发展，我们应该继续邀请每种经验的教训以不断地塑造我们的心态。