This morning we started our day with a feedback session where we talked about the impressions we’ve experienced so far. Later we visited the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) where we got some insights about trade and exchange. Furthermore, they gave us some background information about the history of the BSE and showed us the convention hall where approximately 1’000 people used to trade.
In the afternoon we went to Magic Bus, a charity programme for underprivileged children (families with an income of less than 2 Dollars per day). They try to educate these kids through sports. Currently, the entire programme includes 200’000 kids and its target is to have 1’000’000 kids by the year 2014. On a playground in the middle of the slum where these families live, we were thrilled to play football with 50 kids. When we arrived, we were warmly welcomed by singing and dancing kids. After a funny introduction round, the kids were allowed to choose some of us to join their teams. Despite of the heat, all of us enjoyed playing football and having fun with the kids. Due to the heat, the playfield was very dry, so all of us went home dirty but happy. This rather different afternoon programme was definitely one of the highlights of the onsite-trip.
After a short shower we had dinner at the Swiss Business Hub. We heard a presentation about the work of the OSEC in India and we were told to ”how to ride the Indian elephant”. When the presentation was over, the relaxing part of the evening started. We had a delicious meal on a roof top with a breathtaking view.
Chantal Ulmer, Jana Weis, Marcel Bachmann
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