Archive for May, 2007
Successes
Welcome to the GDL Technology blog. I will be using this blog as a conduit to provide weekly updates on direction, progress, results, successes and challenges faced over the course of our project.
The purpose of the GDL Technology stream is find ways in which the community can benefit from the use of computer technology. […]
Read More..>>Goals in Education Project
I want to see the quality of education offered in Bagar to return to that of its heyday. This goal will be achieved through the development and training of teachers.
Lessons Learned
While trying to promote parental involvement among the parents of the Piramal Boys’ Senior Secondary School’s sixth graders’ parents, I learned one of the most […]
Developing a Vision for Livelihoods
Getting the women to believe in my vision for the group has been difficult. I envisioned a group that would serve as an outlet from daily tasks and struggles and that would work towards the financial empowerment of its members via a group business. The first part of the vision, that the group […]
Read More..>>Lessons in Building Community
In an effort to create anemia awareness in Bagar, I began by targeting a fairly large community (spanning three wards) known as Jaatavas. In addition to larger campaigns aimed at public awareness, I was to establish a group of 20 women that I would work closely with to ensure that they understand what anemia is, […]
Read More..>>Progress in Computer Literacy
The big event in mid-March was the delivery of the computers. The order had been placed early March, but the two-day assembly and delivery promise was never made. A number of ‘reasons’ were given by the vendor, holiday for Holi, only half the computer cases are delivered, hard drives being shipped to Jodhpur by accident. […]
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