Project leader: Bisan Humaid, jeovane2009bisan@gmail.com Project location: Gaza Project Description: This project will present the opportunity to help the children in Gaza discover not only the world outside Gaza strip but also the universe outside our planet. It will allow young students to look differently at the Sciences in general, and Astronomy in particular. This […]
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Project leader: Claudio Paulo, claudiompaulo@gmail.com Project location: Mozambique Project Description: JEDI.mz will be a workshop based on the Joint Exchange Development Initiative to be held in Mozambique aiming to expose young university lecturers and students to research in Astronomy and Astrophysics. This workshop will provide hand-on projects where the students can learn about radio astronomy, […]
Project leader: Dr. Peter Teuben, teuben@astro.umd.edu Project location: Haiti Project Description: The Haiti All-Sky Camera (HASC) plans to install a specialized camera in Haiti to view and record the night sky. Students from Université Quisqueya (UNIQ) and Ecole Supérieure d’Infotronique d’Haïti (ESIH) along with students from University of Maryland (UMD) will collaborate on code (python […]
Project leader: Michele Gerbaldi, gerbaldi@iap.fr Project location: Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia Project Description: In many countries in Africa there is still a large need for young people to get involved in science studies and research. We propose a cheap and attractive module to learn how to do science […]
The West African Regional Office officially became a part of the IAU-Office of Astronomy for Development (OAD) this week. The inauguration, which was held in Enugu, Nigeria, on November 27, marked the commencement of activities for the Regional Office. It was attended by the director of the OAD, country coordinators from Gabon, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana […]