A YOUNG man from Kingskerswell has just returned from 12 weeks of volunteering in India.

Jordan Francis, aged 24, worked alongside Indian volunteers in some of the world’s poorest communities. He worked on a project run by Voluntary Services Overseas (VSO), as part of the UK Government-backed International Citizen Service (ICS) programme.

The project focused on getting young people involved in local politics and social action and also helping empower women facing extreme gender inequality, organising sanitary pad training in a community where using such female products is still highly stigmatised.

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