About India

India is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country (with over 1.2 billion people), and the most populous democracy in the world.

Despite economic growth during recent decades, India continues to face socio-economic challenges.

• In 2006, India contained the largest number of people living below the World Bank's international poverty line of US $1.25 per day, the proportion having decreased from 60% in 1981 to 42% in 2005; under its later revised poverty line, it was 21% in 2011. 
• 30.7% of India's children under the age of five are underweight. 
• According to a Food and Agriculture Organization report in 2015, 15% of the population is undernourished.

About Our Trip

This is the 8th annual trip that our organization has been a part of. Each year we seek to invest in the local community in sustainable ways.

Here is an overview of the trip agenda:

• Wednesday: Arrive, meet our new friends at the airport, and get settled into the hotel
• Thursday: Hit the ground running with visits to the local partner's headquarters in the city
• Friday: Visit some of the poorest communities in this region of India
• Saturday: Visit the homes of local partners.
• Sunday: Visit churches in the area to experience cross-culture worship services.
• Monday: Travel home all day long.