WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.275 align:middle line:90% [APPLAUSE] 00:00:02.275 --> 00:00:05.010 align:middle line:90% 00:00:05.010 --> 00:00:07.124 align:middle line:90% Hi my name is Carly Forcade. 00:00:07.124 --> 00:00:10.580 align:middle line:84% And this summer I spent in Mumbai and Gujarat India, 00:00:10.580 --> 00:00:13.920 align:middle line:84% working and living in the very rural areas 00:00:13.920 --> 00:00:16.555 align:middle line:90% of the bustling city of Mumbai. 00:00:16.555 --> 00:00:18.022 align:middle line:90% It was an incredible experience. 00:00:18.022 --> 00:00:20.830 align:middle line:84% It was something unlike anything I've done before. 00:00:20.830 --> 00:00:22.204 align:middle line:90% I've traveled a lot in my past. 00:00:22.204 --> 00:00:24.510 align:middle line:84% However, I've never really traveled 00:00:24.510 --> 00:00:25.912 align:middle line:90% to anywhere quite like India. 00:00:25.912 --> 00:00:28.670 align:middle line:84% It was a really unique experience and something 00:00:28.670 --> 00:00:30.830 align:middle line:84% I'm really, really happy that I did. 00:00:30.830 --> 00:00:34.430 align:middle line:84% All of these photos are photos from my work, 00:00:34.430 --> 00:00:36.830 align:middle line:84% with Under the Mango Tree Society, 00:00:36.830 --> 00:00:38.720 align:middle line:84% which is the company that I worked with. 00:00:38.720 --> 00:00:42.599 align:middle line:84% It's part for-profit and part not for profit organization. 00:00:42.599 --> 00:00:44.182 align:middle line:84% I worked with the not for profit team, 00:00:44.182 --> 00:00:46.960 align:middle line:84% which was a very unique experience 00:00:46.960 --> 00:00:50.540 align:middle line:84% because I actually got really hands-on experience working 00:00:50.540 --> 00:00:53.589 align:middle line:84% with the field office team in Gujarat India, which 00:00:53.589 --> 00:00:55.805 align:middle line:84% most of you don't know is a state within India. 00:00:55.805 --> 00:00:57.750 align:middle line:84% And then I was in extremely rural areas 00:00:57.750 --> 00:01:03.231 align:middle line:84% such as [INAUDIBLE] which is very far away from Mumbai 00:01:03.231 --> 00:01:07.047 align:middle line:84% or, if you're familiar with the capital, Delhi. 00:01:07.047 --> 00:01:11.580 align:middle line:84% So my experience in Gujarat, I wanted to break my summer up 00:01:11.580 --> 00:01:14.590 align:middle line:84% into two months which is how long I was there, 00:01:14.590 --> 00:01:16.437 align:middle line:84% July, which was when I was in the field 00:01:16.437 --> 00:01:18.270 align:middle line:84% actually working with the women bee keepers, 00:01:18.270 --> 00:01:21.240 align:middle line:84% and August, which is when I was editing all of the videos 00:01:21.240 --> 00:01:22.650 align:middle line:90% I was doing. 00:01:22.650 --> 00:01:25.938 align:middle line:90% For July, I traveled to-- 00:01:25.938 --> 00:01:27.330 align:middle line:90% it was a very rural experience. 00:01:27.330 --> 00:01:30.650 align:middle line:84% I traveled to Gujarat India, where 00:01:30.650 --> 00:01:32.560 align:middle line:84% I was filming these women and their children 00:01:32.560 --> 00:01:35.120 align:middle line:84% in their daily lives to get a better experience of what 00:01:35.120 --> 00:01:37.254 align:middle line:90% Under the Mango Tree was doing. 00:01:37.254 --> 00:01:38.913 align:middle line:84% Under the Mango Tree, as I said, is 00:01:38.913 --> 00:01:41.634 align:middle line:84% a not for profit and for-profit company that 00:01:41.634 --> 00:01:43.133 align:middle line:84% worked with women bee keepers, which 00:01:43.133 --> 00:01:44.591 align:middle line:84% was an incredible experience for me 00:01:44.591 --> 00:01:46.997 align:middle line:84% because I loved to see women succeeding and having 00:01:46.997 --> 00:01:49.931 align:middle line:84% an opportunity to go further, especially in India 00:01:49.931 --> 00:01:53.347 align:middle line:84% and very rural India, where they don't have as much opportunity. 00:01:53.347 --> 00:01:55.680 align:middle line:84% A lot of their daily lives include working in the field, 00:01:55.680 --> 00:01:59.060 align:middle line:84% working at home, so having the opportunity to give them 00:01:59.060 --> 00:02:01.074 align:middle line:84% better agricultural yields, better profit 00:02:01.074 --> 00:02:05.154 align:middle line:84% for their families was really something special in my heart. 00:02:05.154 --> 00:02:07.574 align:middle line:84% Working with these women was something-- as I've said, 00:02:07.574 --> 00:02:10.609 align:middle line:84% this was very different from something I've done. 00:02:10.609 --> 00:02:13.097 align:middle line:84% And it was a process getting to know them. 00:02:13.097 --> 00:02:15.430 align:middle line:84% For many of them, they've never seen a foreigner before, 00:02:15.430 --> 00:02:18.470 align:middle line:84% so letting them open their hearts to me 00:02:18.470 --> 00:02:21.660 align:middle line:84% and their homes was definitely a process. 00:02:21.660 --> 00:02:22.740 align:middle line:90% So what I would do. 00:02:22.740 --> 00:02:24.510 align:middle line:84% When I first arrived, I had about a week 00:02:24.510 --> 00:02:28.980 align:middle line:84% in each village, two in some, and I went in there. 00:02:28.980 --> 00:02:31.060 align:middle line:84% And at first, a lot of them looked 00:02:31.060 --> 00:02:32.605 align:middle line:90% me like I was absolutely crazy. 00:02:32.605 --> 00:02:34.740 align:middle line:84% I don't a word of Hindi, so getting 00:02:34.740 --> 00:02:38.480 align:middle line:84% to meet them and work with them was definitely a challenge. 00:02:38.480 --> 00:02:41.220 align:middle line:84% So translations, smiling, hugging, 00:02:41.220 --> 00:02:45.860 align:middle line:84% sometimes just little offerings of food make huge difference. 00:02:45.860 --> 00:02:49.020 align:middle line:84% Also, going back every day and working with these women, 00:02:49.020 --> 00:02:50.780 align:middle line:84% just seeing your face again really helped. 00:02:50.780 --> 00:02:52.802 align:middle line:84% And it was really just an important experience 00:02:52.802 --> 00:02:57.211 align:middle line:84% because I was able to see what they did in their daily lives. 00:02:57.211 --> 00:03:00.378 align:middle line:84% A small moment, such as one day a woman-- 00:03:00.378 --> 00:03:02.836 align:middle line:84% I was walking down the road and she started to smile at me. 00:03:02.836 --> 00:03:04.211 align:middle line:84% That made a huge difference to me 00:03:04.211 --> 00:03:05.924 align:middle line:84% because it meant that she was finally 00:03:05.924 --> 00:03:08.507 align:middle line:84% going to maybe let me in to see a little bit more of her life. 00:03:08.507 --> 00:03:10.815 align:middle line:84% Which as you can see, they finally really let me in. 00:03:10.815 --> 00:03:11.815 align:middle line:90% I went into their homes. 00:03:11.815 --> 00:03:13.450 align:middle line:90% They cooked for me a little bit. 00:03:13.450 --> 00:03:15.715 align:middle line:84% And just those little, everyday experiences 00:03:15.715 --> 00:03:18.270 align:middle line:84% made a really big difference with-- 00:03:18.270 --> 00:03:20.719 align:middle line:90% [CHUCKLE] 00:03:20.719 --> 00:03:21.593 align:middle line:90% Very, very different. 00:03:21.593 --> 00:03:23.566 align:middle line:90% As you can see, some of these-- 00:03:23.566 --> 00:03:24.390 align:middle line:90% I was in the mud. 00:03:24.390 --> 00:03:25.681 align:middle line:90% I was traveling through fields. 00:03:25.681 --> 00:03:27.605 align:middle line:90% I was traveling on motorbikes. 00:03:27.605 --> 00:03:30.206 align:middle line:84% It was really a little bit of a challenge 00:03:30.206 --> 00:03:31.910 align:middle line:84% to get to work everyday you could say. 00:03:31.910 --> 00:03:35.100 align:middle line:84% But it was something that I wouldn't trade for the world. 00:03:35.100 --> 00:03:37.987 align:middle line:84% Talking about Gujarat a lot makes 00:03:37.987 --> 00:03:40.924 align:middle line:84% me also think of what I was doing in Mumbai, which 00:03:40.924 --> 00:03:42.660 align:middle line:84% editing all of the videos that I was 00:03:42.660 --> 00:03:44.855 align:middle line:90% doing while I was in the field. 00:03:44.855 --> 00:03:52.280 align:middle line:84% So I'm just going to show you quickly one of those clips 00:03:52.280 --> 00:03:56.240 align:middle line:84% instead of explaining all of the wonderful editing process. 00:03:56.240 --> 00:04:34.850 align:middle line:90% 00:04:34.850 --> 00:04:36.830 align:middle line:90% [VIDEO PLAYBACK] 00:04:36.830 --> 00:04:40.295 align:middle line:90% [SPEAKING IN HINDI] 00:04:40.295 --> 00:06:19.890 align:middle line:90% 00:06:19.890 --> 00:06:22.431 align:middle line:84% So I really enjoyed being able to get really close, even 00:06:22.431 --> 00:06:24.014 align:middle line:84% though I am slightly allergic to bees, 00:06:24.014 --> 00:06:25.240 align:middle line:90% which was something that-- 00:06:25.240 --> 00:06:27.200 align:middle line:90% [LAUGHTER] 00:06:27.200 --> 00:06:30.140 align:middle line:84% --because very, very close to them. 00:06:30.140 --> 00:06:32.100 align:middle line:84% But it's really cool just to be able to see 00:06:32.100 --> 00:06:34.550 align:middle line:84% the process because I'd never seen it before. 00:06:34.550 --> 00:06:36.242 align:middle line:84% So seeing them working the bees, they're 00:06:36.242 --> 00:06:37.783 align:middle line:84% really, really comfortable with them, 00:06:37.783 --> 00:06:40.980 align:middle line:90% so that was really exciting. 00:06:40.980 --> 00:06:43.380 align:middle line:84% Something she mentions, a lot of the women mentioned, 00:06:43.380 --> 00:06:46.286 align:middle line:84% was that they'd never heard heard of beekeeping before. 00:06:46.286 --> 00:06:48.785 align:middle line:84% They'd never viewed that as a process before Under the Mango 00:06:48.785 --> 00:06:51.442 align:middle line:84% Tree went in and really worked with them. 00:06:51.442 --> 00:06:53.177 align:middle line:84% She said she's a master [INAUDIBLE],, 00:06:53.177 --> 00:06:54.760 align:middle line:84% which was something kind of incredible 00:06:54.760 --> 00:06:56.240 align:middle line:84% because it gave her a little bit of a step up. 00:06:56.240 --> 00:06:57.906 align:middle line:84% It gave her a greater experience working 00:06:57.906 --> 00:06:59.414 align:middle line:90% with Under the Mango Tree. 00:06:59.414 --> 00:07:02.843 align:middle line:84% And being able to improve herself economically and also 00:07:02.843 --> 00:07:04.551 align:middle line:84% socially was something they talked about. 00:07:04.551 --> 00:07:07.065 align:middle line:84% They talked about being able to talk 00:07:07.065 --> 00:07:08.648 align:middle line:84% to more women in their community being 00:07:08.648 --> 00:07:11.170 align:middle line:84% able to work for their community, which was something 00:07:11.170 --> 00:07:12.880 align:middle line:90% they really appreciated. 00:07:12.880 --> 00:07:14.645 align:middle line:84% She was one of the first people I filmed. 00:07:14.645 --> 00:07:16.020 align:middle line:84% I don't know if I mentioned this, 00:07:16.020 --> 00:07:17.667 align:middle line:84% I've never worked with iMovie before. 00:07:17.667 --> 00:07:19.623 align:middle line:84% I've never [INAUDIBLE] films before. 00:07:19.623 --> 00:07:22.068 align:middle line:84% So I'm an international relations and sociology 00:07:22.068 --> 00:07:24.513 align:middle line:84% double major, so this was something very much 00:07:24.513 --> 00:07:26.958 align:middle line:90% outside my comfort zone. 00:07:26.958 --> 00:07:30.343 align:middle line:84% But I'm really glad that I did it. 00:07:30.343 --> 00:07:32.092 align:middle line:84% He was one of the men I worked with in one 00:07:32.092 --> 00:07:35.432 align:middle line:84% of the villages that are really incredible. 00:07:35.432 --> 00:07:37.390 align:middle line:84% It's cool to be able to see a different culture 00:07:37.390 --> 00:07:39.220 align:middle line:84% and a different country in a different light. 00:07:39.220 --> 00:07:40.970 align:middle line:84% And I know a lot of foreigners would never 00:07:40.970 --> 00:07:42.696 align:middle line:84% be able to get inside someone's house. 00:07:42.696 --> 00:07:45.070 align:middle line:84% Where some of these footages, I'm filming on top of beds. 00:07:45.070 --> 00:07:46.070 align:middle line:90% I'm filming from rivers. 00:07:46.070 --> 00:07:47.360 align:middle line:90% I'm filming from cow pens. 00:07:47.360 --> 00:07:48.858 align:middle line:90% I'm filmed everywhere. 00:07:48.858 --> 00:07:51.348 align:middle line:84% So it was something very, very different. 00:07:51.348 --> 00:08:11.156 align:middle line:90% 00:08:11.156 --> 00:08:13.280 align:middle line:84% And that was what I was doing for the majority of-- 00:08:13.280 --> 00:08:15.120 align:middle line:90% in Mumbai in August. 00:08:15.120 --> 00:08:18.794 align:middle line:84% I was editing all of those footages, which 00:08:18.794 --> 00:08:20.710 align:middle line:84% might seem-- if you've ever done editing work, 00:08:20.710 --> 00:08:23.364 align:middle line:84% it doesn't seem very daunting, but It is, especially when 00:08:23.364 --> 00:08:24.530 align:middle line:90% you don't know the language. 00:08:24.530 --> 00:08:27.850 align:middle line:84% So translations were a big struggle for me. 00:08:27.850 --> 00:08:29.257 align:middle line:84% Making sure the light, the sound, 00:08:29.257 --> 00:08:31.632 align:middle line:84% every little clip making sure every little voice that you 00:08:31.632 --> 00:08:33.856 align:middle line:84% wanted taken out, that was a really big challenge 00:08:33.856 --> 00:08:35.730 align:middle line:84% But I also really appreciated the opportunity 00:08:35.730 --> 00:08:39.338 align:middle line:84% to work in a small business like Under the Mango Tree because I 00:08:39.338 --> 00:08:41.587 align:middle line:84% was able to see-- even though I was working with a not 00:08:41.587 --> 00:08:44.045 align:middle line:84% for profit team, I was able to see what the for-profit team 00:08:44.045 --> 00:08:45.225 align:middle line:90% was doing as well. 00:08:45.225 --> 00:08:48.795 align:middle line:84% They had honey packages right in the back room. 00:08:48.795 --> 00:08:50.499 align:middle line:84% I moved all around the office every day. 00:08:50.499 --> 00:08:52.207 align:middle line:84% It was an incredible experience because I 00:08:52.207 --> 00:08:55.598 align:middle line:84% was working with the owner, who is also an MHC alum. 00:08:55.598 --> 00:08:57.267 align:middle line:84% And also being able to work with people 00:08:57.267 --> 00:08:59.725 align:middle line:84% from all different backgrounds, which I really appreciated. 00:08:59.725 --> 00:09:01.440 align:middle line:84% Even though they were all from India, 00:09:01.440 --> 00:09:03.707 align:middle line:84% they were all from different parts of India. 00:09:03.707 --> 00:09:06.290 align:middle line:84% And they were all bringing their own backgrounds and resources 00:09:06.290 --> 00:09:07.963 align:middle line:84% to the table, which is incredible. 00:09:07.963 --> 00:09:09.796 align:middle line:84% It was something I really like about working 00:09:09.796 --> 00:09:11.200 align:middle line:90% in a small business. 00:09:11.200 --> 00:09:14.177 align:middle line:84% Moving forward, I'm really, really glad 00:09:14.177 --> 00:09:15.010 align:middle line:90% that I was able to-- 00:09:15.010 --> 00:09:17.350 align:middle line:90% 00:09:17.350 --> 00:09:18.725 align:middle line:84% moving forward, I'm really glad I 00:09:18.725 --> 00:09:22.048 align:middle line:84% was able to work in a small business in India. 00:09:22.048 --> 00:09:23.631 align:middle line:84% And it's definitely something that I'm 00:09:23.631 --> 00:09:27.110 align:middle line:84% really proud that I did And I know that now I would also 00:09:27.110 --> 00:09:30.140 align:middle line:84% like to work for the for-profit teams to see what they're doing 00:09:30.140 --> 00:09:31.640 align:middle line:90% and [INAUDIBLE]. 00:09:31.640 --> 00:09:33.490 align:middle line:90% [APPLAUSE]