Thread by @himdaughter

The @TeamFoldscope Rajaborari workshop in heart of the Gond&Korku tribal belt with participation of 10 schools from Timarni district &aspirational districts of Khandwa, Bardwani; had huge learnings for me.
The students eager to learn with equal enthusiastic participation of girls

The students were a revelation; came back next day with imaginative slides prepared lizard skin, urine drop, tick from the pet dog, hair of the cattle etc etc. Were eager to upload pictures even though they have little or no access to the internet.

Girl education increasing; with local girls emerging as role models.
Privileged to introduce Sunita Khare, of Mogradhana Village,comes from a family with no education.She studied from class 1 to Diploma in Electronics Engineering in educational programs of @TEDxDEI intribal areas

Sunita Khare is now employed by the Indian Army as UDC; has now constructed a ‘pucca’ house for her family (with help of #PMAwasYojana +her own earnings); got her proud grandmother to visit her in Mumbai (G’mother couldn’t stop talking about it 😊)
Here is Sunita with her family

Grandmother can be seen in the background of the first picture. The second picture is of her old house where she lived till a few months ago; how she studied there sans electricity is beyond my privileged comprehension. The third picture is the ‘pucca’ house.
#TransformingIndia

What also amazed me was commitment of Foldscope mentors; young students themselves travelling great distances to teach the most under privileged. Most of them not the most privileged themselves. Schooling in regional language, continuing education with dedication and discipline.

My privilege to introduce Rafikh Sheikh @Edurafi
Rafikh Shaikh.
Foldscope super user passionate about science & education.
Currently, Working at Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai as a Senior Research Associate and pursuing PhD from Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

Sonali Kadam @sdkadam2609
Bioengg Graduate& Former Fellow at the Slum & Rural Innovation Project called Dharavi Diary
Aspiring to study Epigenetics to understand relationship bet’ external environment &genetic expression in underprivileged/lower-income communities such as slums

Akshatha Nayak @o_imperishable BSc Biotech, completed SBI Youth for India Fellowship;a flagship program in rural development by SBI Foundation, on improving Sc Edu & Water, Sanitation &Hygiene (WASH) with Foldscope as a frugal tool, in rural Rajasthan. Pursuing MA in anthropology

Ronak Hati, currently an undergraduate student at Ramnarain Ruia Autonomous College, Mumbai, doing bachelors in microbiology.
A foldscope user interested in and passionate about science and research.

Dr Praveen Rahi @PraveenRahi
Praveen Rahi works on evolutionary relationships among legume-rhizobia, rhizoshpere microbiome & microbial taxonomy; developing tools for detection of microorganisms, which either cause illness or degrade the products; scientist at NCMR, @NCCS_Pune

Thank you Prem Sewak Sudhish @pssudhish for making this happen. May the Dayalbagh Educational Institute grow from strength to strength.
And @sumir_rao you and your family’s dedication to improving the lives of this Tribal belt an inspiration

Just been told the local newspapers have covered the ‘international’ ‘Mega-workshop’ extensively; students response overwhelming.
Science outreach by @DBTIndia