The project will be a good initiative to support traditional Siddha and Ayurveda ethno medicine practitioners (called vaithiyars) to share the significance of several disease preventive herbal medicines and healthy life styles that was been formulated before 2500 years. It would be helpful to sustain the values of several herbs essential to cure particular diseases and encourage younger generation involve in using media tools to protect the field
Topical focus:
Country:
What locality or neighborhood will your project focus on?
Kanyakumari District
Describe the specific community with whom you will be working.
This field of medicine is the oldest form and this project will focus to unfold the myths, pros & cons of this traditional medicine to achieve major advancement. Our work will involve Tribal youth volunteers to be trained in citizen media training to share valuable resources and to develop online tools for Global users. Understanding of citizen media will liberate the interest of other youth to perform drug level research.
What kinds of news, stories and other content will be created?
1. Specific achievements in trio medicine
2. Community focus
3. Growth and Statistical progress
4. About respective Institutions
5. Traditional stories and history
6. Current Development
7. Government action
8. Research papers on plant medicine
9. User specific inquiry support
10. Optional Language versions
11. Herbal gardens
12. Healthy life style
13. Ethnomedicinal Plants
What technologies and digital tools do you plan to use in the trainings?
Other tools
Online retrieval tool, Database and online interaction
Describe the connections that you or your organization have already established that will contribute to the success of the project.
Future Partnership:-
1. Government Ayurveda medical College
2. Government Siddha medical College
3. Dr. Y. Mahadeva Iyers Sri Sarada Ayurvedic Hospital
4. ATSVS Siddha Medical College & Hospital
5. Tribal Foundation
How many participants do you think will be involved in your project?
• Minimum 7200 Participants
• A team of 20 volunteers will be involved in the project
• Each Volunteer connects the information to at least 30 members per month
30 members X 12 months X 20 Volunteers = Number of Final members will be 7200 in this year.
Besides the microgrant funding, what other resources and support are you seeking for your project to ensure its success?
• We request online tool development software and a guide person contact, while using citizen media tools.
Contact name
Helen Mary
Organization
St. Mary's Educational Trust( SMET)