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Bridge Journal Week 4: This past week, Jordyn and I really dove down deep into the book work. We finished the overall story, which was a challenge: We had to keep it suitable for children, while still conveying the message of elephant abuse. Aer that, I drew all eleven pages, which took some time, especially with all the coloring involved. Overall, I think it came out really nice and I'm proud of the work we completed this week. Following the book work, we started to prepare for our May presentations. Our presentation will contain serious content—including topics that most might not have encountered. We'll share the fun times that we had, too. Our presentation will be a "trailer" for the documentary. It will include interviews and interesting footage shot in India. We will then unveil the website (soon to come online), and Maya. We plan to sell this children's book as a fundraiser as soon as we receive printed copies. n Alejandro and Jordyn pose with their completed book, Maya. Project Components: n Learning basic Hindi n Independent service- learning trip to India, in collaboration with Jordyn Waye '19 n Writing and illustrating a children's book together n Creating a documentary together n Creating a website together Learning About and Communicating Challenges in India by Alejandro Segura-Rovelo '19 Project Statement: Over the past few months, Jordyn Waye and I have been focused on a number of projects whose purpose is to spread knowledge and awareness of different situations in India. The two main concerns on which we focused were animal welfare and youth at risk. For the first month of our Bridge project, we spent time in India and volunteered at three organizations: Wildlife SOS, an orphanage, and an all-girls' school. This combined experience acquainted us with the complexities of each issue, and the value of each of these organizations' missions. Once we came home, our focus turned to how we could spread this knowledge and increase awareness in the Trevor community. For the last two months, we have spent our time on multiple projects centered on just that. We wrote and illustrated a children's book entitled Maya; we used footage taken in India to create a documentary; and we visited Trevor Lower School classrooms to tell younger students about our experiences. We hope that we've achieved our goal of opening our community's eyes to what is happening daily in India, and that future Trevor generations continue to do the same. Alejandro Segura-Rovelo is a freshman at New York University. Pages from the children's book, Maya. As part of his responsibilities at Wildlife SOS, Alejandro helped to feed the elephants. 3 8 T R E V O R D AY S C H O O L n W I N T E R 2 0 1 9 – 2 0 2 0