after a 16 hour traumatic journey from Delhi Airport to Amritsar we greeted by very hospitable people. Our accommodation was provided for at the cost of 75 pence per night! and transport to and from the project bases was also provided by a friendly gentleman who became known as the 'uncle'. The week was split into two parts with Atousa doing her work in the mornings and Harj doing her work in the afternoons.
Atousa divided her teaching into two parts, with the first session covering the planets, the solar system and how the planets rotate around the sun, using educational materials and models, some of which were provided by the National Space Centre. The second included the discovery of space by man and model building exercises such as launching rockets. these two sessions took place over two separate days.
These sessions worked very well for the children as typically teaching styles for them until then had been purely theoretical rather interactive.
Harj gained access to women through the projects empowerment programme, which involved computer and sewing classes for women to learn skills so they do not have to rely on others to survive. The sessions included discussion around domestic violence and legislation. A lot of time was spent exploring the issues and raising awareness via the use of case studies which were prepared by Harj prior to the journey. we were surprised and overwhelmed
at discovering these women were quite aware of domestic violence and even what sort of help was available for them.
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