I watched a video earlier this week that asked New Yorkers: “What do you think a feminist is?” While answers varied, and definitely proved that feminism can be a contentious issue, it also made me think about what we’re doing here at Profugo to support women in the world. I first found out about Profugo last spring at a screening of the film “Girl Rising.” The film presents the stories of nine girls from nine
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Our PDI’s community house was filled with fun, little giggles and loud laughter this past Saturday. We were celebrating Kerala’s Onam festivities with a day of games and entertainment for our community’s children. Onam is a long awaited Kerala holiday that commemorates the return of the mythical King Mahabali, a great benevolent ruler, proponent of social equality, justice and prosperity in his reign. According to the Onam myth, this Great King Mahabali returns once a year
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A new day, a new appreciation for the little things. I have now been in Wayanad for a month and time is flying by. Every evening I walk home to Vallat from the Profugo House and I listen attentively to the symphony of crickets and frogs nestled in the hills and rice paddies. Their music is the perfect accompaniment to the fireflies dancing amidst the tops of the coconut trees above me. It is almost
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Hello Friends, After a seemingly unending summer of monsoon rains, the sun has finally come out! This is a big sigh of relief for many in the community in Wayanad, India, including our field staff. Everyone is assessing the damage created by the rains, cleaning up, and making plans for the next agricultural cycle. It’s a season, much like the spring in the US that brings an aura of hope and newness. Our field team
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I could feel my boots growing heavier and heavier, as if they were becoming the very stones I was climbing up. The moon and stars faintly lit the rocky trail as we approached the summit, weak, weary, and stiff from the cold. I began the hike with friends hours ago in the middle of the night and now we gazed out onto the horizon having reached the pinnacle of our journey, the 14,265 foot summit
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