We live in a global village
Introduction
A. Read the following letter.
Sohan's uncle works in the army. At present he is in Congo in a UN PeacekeepingMission. Read his letter and do the following activity.
Dear Sohan,
I got your letter two days ago. But I was very busy here. So I'm late to reply. Congo is a central African country. There is violence among political groups. So our life here is very challenging. We maintain peace and security. We distribute food, water, medicine to people. We sometimes build houses for them. We also teach children in small schools.
Last week I met an interesting young man here. His name is Gurmit Singh. He was born in India. In his early childhood, he left for Singapore with his parents and went to a Singaporcan school. Afer a few years , he moved to Denmark and completed his school education there. For graduation, he went to the US and got a university degree. Them he left for the UK and completed his Master degree there.
Gurmit came to Congo to work for a voluntary organisation. His main job is to look after children's education in a community school. He belongs to a group of ten workers. They all came from different countries.
He is a nice fellow and a good friend of ours. We call him Mr 'Global Citizen'. I'm writing below the conversation I had with him the other day.
"You've been to so many countries! How do you feel about that?"
"It's nice to work with different people. I've come to know them... their languege, culture, family, mind. I sort of think I belong to all."
"Well, Gurmit you're a true global citizen."
"Aren't you too, Zul? smiled Gurmit Singh. We all are the same human race. ch."
Well, that's all for taday. Hope your exam is over by now. So write to me soon about what you think of Gurmit.
With love,
Uncle'Zul'