Over this past Christmas Break I was in Bangladesh. My personal goal for this trip was to get a firsthand experience with the issues Bangladesh is dealing with and how DCI is planning to help alleviate some of these problems. Although I have visited Bangladesh numerous times throughout my childhood I had never been exposed to the worst of these conditions. Seeing the children suffering really opened my eyes to the terrible conditions that were happening in MY OWN COUNTRY! That really strengthened my resolve to try to help DCI’s efforts once I returned to UT. My hope is that through my work, DCI will be able to better serve my country and that my fellow countrymen will have the necessary tools to work themselves out of their undesirable situations. –Mushfiqa (Monica) Jamaluddin DCI Youth Volunteer, TX Dec 2007