The Video Astronomy Lessons project continues to regularly publish short astronomy videos in Urdu targeted at children in Pakistan. The team recently published the latest video, episode 9 on Galaxies. A total of 10 episodes are being produced under this OAD funded project. The videos are made with the local context in mind, shot in […]
Category Archives: 2021
2021, Pan-African School for Emerging Astronomers 2021, Sub-Saharan Africa
Astronomy School Builds Capacity in Africa
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In late 2022, the Pan-African School for Emerging Astronomers (PASEA) was organised in Zambia, the fifth in the series of schools that started in 2013 as West African International Summer School for Young Astronomers (WAISSYA). Due to COVID-19, PASEA was rescheduled from October 2021 to October 2022. The Summer School eventually took place from 6th […]
2021, Central and South Asia, Empowerment of Disadvantaged Rural Girl Children as Social Change Agents through Basic Education in Astronomy.
Project Trains Girls as Change Makers
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The project targeted girl children from disadvantaged, rural communities in Dindigul, India and nurtured them as social change agents. The aim was to create first generation social change makers who can influence their family and society in bringing down the superstition and improving the gender condition in society. The project formed 10 school clubs for […]
2021, Elimisha Msichana. Elimisha Jamii na Astronomia, Sub-Saharan Africa
Project Improves Girls Enrollment in Rural Kenya
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The Elimisha Msichana Elimisha Jamii na Astronomia (EMEJA) project, Swahili for ‘educate a girl child, educate the entire community with Astronomy’ or rather, society benefits when a girl is educated, supported by funding from the IAU-Office for Astronomy for Development, targets girls education issues in rural Kenya. The project used multiple interventions to tackle the […]
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Astrosprint is a follow up on the OAD funded project “Astronomy from Archival Data”, designed to engage and train undergraduate and postgraduate students during the pandemic when people were confined at home. The project had almost 1000 registrations from students belonging to almost 25 countries. Online sessions of 1.5 hours were conducted on weekends (Saturday […]