Talked with Rohitash and we are getting things set up for Meg's and my May visit. Rohitash and Gopal are going to purchase two computers in the next week or so and start meeting with the youth groups, now that the exam period is over for Indian students. They are planning on having an in-house computer instructor to teach them and the youth in May and/or June. Rohitash and Gopal set this up and I agree it is the best way for them to pick up all the computer skills needed to pass on such information to the students in the youth groups. I am excited too see all that they learn and to start strategizing on the best ways to make these group work. I think this work has the potential to be very innovative and to provide a boost the the local students in these villages, who often never get to see a computer before college (if they get to go). I am super excited for this work to begin.
The two on the right are wearing the school uniforms I have generally seen in RJ. I suspect the two, not surprisingly female, youth on the left are not going to school. Gender issues are something we wish to address in our work.
As for other work, Rohitash and Gopal continue to run the SHG groups and to begin discussions with other villages to start groups. They are taking things slowly, so as to make strong groups and to not over-extend, which I think is wise. There will be a bit of a break in May will all of the cool (kharif) season crops needing to be harvested and processed, but we'll be back at it in June. Longer term, we're probably going to start looking at getting funding for environmental/water management projects, as well as working on a website (which I think will be up in some form by the summer). Exciting times.
Hope you all are well.
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