My Experience at TribesForGood
There’s something quietly powerful about standing in front of a room full of young eyes that are genuinely curious about the world and are willing to learn. That’s what my sessions with TribesForgood felt like — raw, real, and deeply rewarding. I ran two online sessions and one offline for urban youth aged 12–17, switching between Hindi and English. Online, we discussed the biology of interconnection — how everything living is woven into the same fabric, and how that subtly shapes our daily lives. Offline, it got hands-on: we discussed what we can actually do to protect nature, then ended with everyone dressing up as their favorite animal using homemade animal masks. The room exploded with laughter, creativity, and some very committed tiger impressions. It wasn’t smooth the whole way. My Hindi wasn’t as fluent as I wanted it to be. Keeping teenage energy engaged meant reinventing on the spot. Even strategies I had practiced for days were sometimes not as eye-catc...