Social Story – Carly’s Visit to the field
UTMT recently hosted young Carly Forcade, a final year student from Mount Holyoke College, U.S. Carly’s assignment focused on filming women farmer impact stories across UTMT’s projects in Maharashtra and Gujarat, which necessitated roughing it out in remote tribal villages. Carly counts the experience as an amazing one, it having helped her push her limits and recognize her adaptive capacities.
At the first location in Dhule, Maharashtra, with women beekeepers Sumantai, Sangeeta and Ripka.
New beekeepers Ripka and Sangeeta eagerly view themselves on camera, in the courtyard of a house.
Carly shows Sangeetatai and a few children, photos on her phone.
Ripka, Carly and Sangeeta are all smiles at the end of the video shoot. This is the first time the beekeepers faced the camera for a video, they enjoyed being part of the process.
She had some fun moments too – here she tries her hand at cleaning rice in Dakshaben’s home in Gujarat.
One of the videos captured the women’s Self Help Group in Nanapada village of Dangs, Gujarat, which tailors swarm bags and bee veils needed to do beekeeping. At the end, Premilaben showed Carly how to work a sewing machine, much to her delight.
Thank you for visiting India. Seems you had a good time and we are happy as a nation to host you again.
Can you shed some more light on what you did here and some of the areas of improvement in terms of beekeeping that can be adopted by the poor people.