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FoH India Changemakers | 31st May, 2023 | Dhirubai Ambani International School, Mumbai
Meet 3 fantastic students working hard to understand and respond to 3 different needs in their worlds.
Devak Charapalle: The Gram Project, Aga Khan Academy Hyderabad The Gram Project is a self-sustaining and a self-reliant system for meaningful irrigation. Its intent is to aid the rural farming/agricultural community to water its fields and plants during extreme weather, eg: droughts and soil degradation. Unlike preceding innovations in the primary sector, our team has engineered and established a complex and systematic structure of watering crops, utilizing the least water possible, so as to not cause inconvenience to farmers or other customers but at the same time apply a tremendous amount of pressure tactics in order to ultimately increase the range and reach of the water to the crops.
Vrushi Shah: Unitree, Fountainhead School, Surat Unitree is a space created by Vrushi Shah that brings together people with special needs and teenagers to create long-lasting friendships, with unimaginable joy. The operation of Unitree started in August 2020, and it continues to grow, currently functioning with 60 volunteers and 30 children with Down Syndrome. In the past 11 months, Unitree has conducted over 32 Sunday Circles, and a Christmas event, enabling it to strengthen the bond as the Unitree family.
Muzzammil Siddiqui: Sign Language & Accessibility, Dr. Pillai Global Academy, Mumbai Sign language serves as a means of communication that surpasses verbal limitations, fostering inclusivity among underrepresented communities. To enhance the accessibility and utilization of this versatile tool, Siddiqui aimed to showcase a software model. This model aims to bridge the gap between individuals who rely exclusively on sign language and those who are unfamiliar with the language. It achieves this by scanning hand gestures and displaying their corresponding textual associations.
