HCK India Immersion 2025

"To act in solidarity with others for a more just world"

Twelve students accompanied by three staff members will travel to Kolkata, India to live and work with the Christian Brother community in St. George's School, Bow Bazar and St. Mary's Dum Dum from 8th - 19th February, 2025.

They have undertaken an active and creative educational process to increase their awareness and understanding of the world we live in. They have engaged in a process of interaction, reflection and action. As part of this action project they have carried out an extensive fundraising programme. All proceeds will go directly towards education for the poor in Kolkata.

Through this blog you can follow their journey.

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Day 1 & 2

9th and 10th of February Hello all, We are glad to let you know that we have arrived safely on our journey to Kolkata. We had a long first day. When we got off the flight we were warmly greeted by the brothers who picked us up from the airport. The culture shock hit us immediately when we were passing the sellers on our bus ride chopping off the heads of chickens! We settled into our new home for the next ten days very quickly and had a short nap to keep us going. Later on in the day we wandered into the city to experience the busy atmosphere of the city. We got to familiarise ourselves with the metro system in the city, safe to say it was a very tight squish on the metro... After our eventful trip to the city, we had dinner and took a well needed early night. After a good night's sleep, we all got up and got ready for our day. We had a selection of teas and juices and toast to start the day off. We gathered our supplies and carried them from St.Mary's (Our accommodation) to t...

Day 8 16/02/25

Hello all, this morning we got off to an early start with a wake up call of 4:00am! Unfortunately, our bus was supposed to arrive at 4:30 but did not arrive until 5:30 ('Indian Stretch Time'). Eventually we arrived at the Mother House which is where St. Mother Theresa founded her congregation and is buried. We got to enjoy a lovely mass alongside many of the sisters in this congregation as well as other visitors such as groups from the HOPE foundation and another school in Dublin. We all found it very special and enjoyed seeing her tomb. When we returned to St. Marys, we all headed for a much needed nap. Then, we ate toast and hopped on a metro into the markets. After a long look around the areas, involving being followed by many men trying to sell us their goods, we eventually found a lovely indoor market and were able to buy some lovely jewellery and phone cases! After a long day of shopping, it was essential for us to stop by our favourite coffee shop in Kolkata, Fl...

Day 10 - 18/2

Unfortunately it has come to the final day of our Immersion Programme. We are devestated to be finishing this Immersion Programme, however we have really bonded as a group and have learned so much from our time here which has definitely changed our perspective on life. To start off with the day, we did our morning routine as per (no need to go into detail by now...), and we set off on the metro, arriving to St. Georges. As it was our final day we all went to the school together, instead of St. Marys. We began our first class by making shamrocks out of card which the kids really loved, followed by teaching them the classic Dreolin dance. We held a very competitive contest between the girls and the boys in which the girls won! Next we went on break with class 4 which was lovely as we got to spend some time with them before we headed off the following morning. We played baskebtall, tag, badminton and various other games. Afterwards, just before they headed back to class w...

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