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Rincy and Baiju

As I mentioned in my last post, Rincy and Baiju were instrumental in helping us perform our field study of the Wayanad area. Rincy is doing her PhD on “the reproductive health of tribal women” and Baiju is doing his PhD on “gender equality issues”. Rincy is working with a tribal group in a remote forest location of Idukki district in Kerala. She has to walk about 24 Kms to get to the tribal group! She lives among them to gain their trust. She talked to us about how hard it was to gain acceptance among this population. This tribal group is the most backward group in Kerala right now. They still do not have access to electricity or any modern amenity. Many of them haven’t even seen a car!

Baiju is a lecturer in Social Work at Sanskrit university in Kerala and also a National Trainer at JCI (Junior Chamber International), India. He is extremely knowledgeable about the Wayanad district and is also very well connected with the NGO community. He organized our visits to many of the leading NGOs in the area. We are very grateful to this couple for the sacrificial use of their time and resources for Profugo. Most importanly, we were very encouraged by their willingness to partner with us as we establish Profugo’s first COD!

Thank you Rincy and Baiju!!