The Astronomy in Ghana project organized an instructors workshop, a 2-day workshop from 19 May to 21 May 2022 to train project team members. The team then carried out initial school visits from July to August 2022. The team presented the importance of Astronomy to Ghana to the students and teachers to inspire and build […]
Category Archives: Sub-Saharan Africa
2022, Education for All: promoting education in internally displaced communities in Burkina Faso, Sub-Saharan Africa
Preparations for Astronomy-themed Workshops at IDP Camps in Burkina Faso
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Oct
Oct
Burkina Faso has been subject to terror attacks since 2015 in several parts of the country, with a cluster of violence in the northern and eastern regions. These attacks pose a serious humanitarian crisis, resulting in over a thousand deaths and more than a million internally displaced individuals so far. The majority of displaced persons […]
2022, Mobile Astronomy Village, Sub-Saharan Africa
MAV Constructing Mobile Planetarium in Benin with Recycled Materials
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Oct
Oct
Mobile Astronomy Village (MAV) aims to develop astronomy and science education in Benin through planetarium sessions in primary and secondary schools and university centers. The team hopes it will arouse scientific curiosity among young people (including girls), a taste for more advanced studies, and the creation of astronomy clubs. MAV organized an astronomy cultural week […]
2021, Knowledge access and sharing through Cultural Astronomy in Uganda’s Refugee settlements, Sub-Saharan Africa
Project Aims to Preserve Cultural Astronomy of Refugees in Uganda
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Jun
Jun
The aim of this project is to gather indigenous cultural astronomy, such as local names of celestial bodies and their meanings in day to day lives, from the people at the Bidi Bidi refugee settlement in Uganda. The project will catalogue and provide a formal structure for storing and sharing this knowledge. And it will […]
2020, IDP Children’s Astronomy Outreach 2020, Sub-Saharan Africa
Solar Learning Hub Installed in IDP Camp
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May
May
Due to delays caused by COVID-19, the IDP Children’s Astronomy project was officially launched in February 2021. The team setup a solar powered learning hub which is a critical part of the project. This involved refurbishing an old shipping container and installing the solar panels, computer, smart tv, charging ports and others. On the day […]