Satish and I arrived at the Rameshwaram Station in Pamban Island, on Friday morning at 4
a.m. (the earliest I’ll get up all summer). We drove
back from the train station to my aunt Malli's house, at the central village of
Thagachimadam, which means "sister’s place" in the local tongue. We
freshened up a bit and got ready for the day ahead of us.
Making posters for the workshops and presentations
Before I arrived, I
had written a bunch of PowerPoints on how the SunRice Cooker worked and we
decided to use them during our presentations. Our general formula for each
event would be for me to give a presentation about the cooker, with my aunt
translating, and then hold a bunch of workshops to let the people see the
cookers in action.
The event for the day was at the Yagappa School, a high school
that my aunt and I had worked with before on my Laptop Project. We met with the principal at around
9am to go over the details of our day. We were scheduled to speak only with the 10th
graders, and hold two workshops for them.
Malli and I talking about how the cooker works.
Satish setting up a cooker for a workshop.
Lunchtime was called while we were holding our workshops and the whole
school saw our cookers in action. The
9th grade students were so excited that they requested the principal
to let us present for them as well.
During their lunch period many of the children were excited to get a look at the cookers.
All in all we spoke to at least 500
students, and had left such an impression that some of the 9th
graders decided to use our cooker at the regional science fair.
The principal of the school and I, infront of two 10th grade classes
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