5 Fingers

India is like a hand with 5 fingers. Each limb extended in a different direction. Independently moving from one other, yet joined together to form one cohesive unit. The biggest barrier is learning how to manage those fingers. After being here one month, it seems the biggest area for improvment within the Indian culture is a stable infrastructure and managment system.

The potential of the people here is quite astonishing. 2 weeks ago, our team observed a Social Impact Awards Event at one of the local colleges. One of the winners at the event was starting a company that would employee woman in poverty called "rag-pickers." Without being employed, these woman would cyphin through garbage, searching for plastic bags that others have thrown away. Similar to those homeless in the United States that would rumage through garbage looking for recyclable aluminum cans. Just as collecting aluminum can turn a small profit in the United States, the rag-pickers here could sell used plastic bags for a few rupees. Organizing these "rag-pickers" is the first step to creating a productive system that improves the living conditions of those employed and provides a valuable service to the community.

If the nerves are connected in the right way, the potential for the hand of India is mind-blowing. The people that I am meeting here: Shaila Naik, Malini, and others that are part of the education enterprise system, are the foundation for transforming the Hand of India.