Alice Lu – Profugo

Food Insecurity in a SNAP

November 21, 2016

| Agriculture & Farming Cooperative, Center of Development, Education, Empowering Women, Food in India, Health & Wellness, Life in India, Natural Resource Management, Reflections

The SNAP Challenge is a weeklong experiment to get a glimpse of what life can be like for low-income Americans living on food stamps. The average daily food stamp benefit is only $4 per person per day. I took on this challenge for…

Cultivation of a Quality Education

May 25, 2016

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| Center of Development, Children's Club, Education, English Language School, Life in India, Reflections

During the academic year I volunteer at Henderson Middle School, an under-funded school in the city of Richmond, Virginia. I’ve been mentoring and tutoring the same group of students for two years now. In this short span I have already been able to form…