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-catching or interactive as I wanted them to be, and probably my biggest fear- stage fright showed up.  

From these and many other events I did here, I gained useful insight ininto public speaking, making activities interesting and simplifying complex scientific research to present to the children.

This experience didn’t give me a new skill. It gave me perspective. Gratitude for the education I have and gratitude that I am getting to share it with everyone to make the world a better place, and the reminder that knowledge only grows when you give it away.  

TribesForgood — thank you for letting me be part of something that matters.

❤️❤️