Members of the Indian Charter team in the Philippines

From April 28 to May 4, 2007, three members of the Charter Facilitation Team in India have visited the Philippines. The three, Sudha Reddy, Anugraha John, and Deepa Alige Guru were joined by managers of The Activity [1], and the winners of the Wizkids event. [2]
The Activity is a corporate-sponsored project that launched an academic contest involving thousands of schools across India. It partnered with the Indian Charter Facilitation Team in the project. It adopted the Charter of Human Responsibilities as a foundation of the academic contest. In final selection process, the 50 finalists were asked to reflect on the Charter, and the result was an Indian Children’s Charter.

The prize of the Activity contest was a trip to the Philippines, hosted by the Charter Facilitation Team in the Philippines. Winners included Nakul Patel, Anupama Kumar, Kislay Kishan, Deepika Easwaran and Mani Sudhir Selvaraj.

The program organized by the Philippine Charter Team included a trip to an indigenous community of the Aetas in Zambales (Aetas are the first group of people to migrate to the Philippines during the time of the land bridges across Asia), visit to urban poor community organizations, visit to picturesque Tagaytay mountains overlooking a lake and volcano, discussions about the Philippine situation, cultural exchange with students, radio interviews, and visit to the old Spanish fort city of Intramuros in the heart of Manila.

Members of the Philippine Charter Team Aleli Bawagan, Flora Santos, Merlyn Martinez, Cowa Gratuito, Marilou Cerilla and Pinky Cupino prepared a Welcome Dinner and Program wherein Indian and Philippine cuisine was served and where cultural presentations could be shown to kick-off the Philippines-India Cultural Exchange.

To read more about this intercultural exchange :

 Indian Youth in the Philippines : Shared Reflections on Selected Experiences
 A "Brief report on the exposure to Aeta community" (see below)
 Images from the Philippine – India cultural exchange with Haiku (below)
 Journal on the Final Day of the Intercultural Exchange (below)
 Literary works by Indian children (below)