By Lizzie LaCroix | Project Facilitator
The view from the ground is often the best way to understand why health information is vitally important to a community. Sadhiq Pharm, the Director of Adaiyaalam, describes the situation this way:
“Preservation of natural resources and safeguarding the environment is the need of the hour for the Tamil speaking population. Villagers, farmers and tribal people are not aware that their actions are directly proportional to environmental changes. The only available medium of instruction in rural schools in Tamilnadu state is in Tamil, and there are no resources from reliable sources about environmental issues that are available in Tamil. We cannot rely on the government to raise awareness, so we must work together as communities. This book addresses all problems, in our environment, faced in everyday life with reliable solutions. It is comprehensive and lucid.”
Any money raised by this campaign will make these books a reality. Each book, in turn, will support an average of 40 people in protecting their environment and community health. We hope you will share this campaign, and help Adaiyaalam meet their goal!
Curious about what content is in the book? Visit the Hesperian HealthWiki to see the English version.
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