Dear Ms. Supriya Misra, Thank you very much for your organization's effort in developing HIV prevention educational materials. There are plenty of people in US who are fluent Assamese speakers and would be willing to help you. I am also posting this mail to the mailing list which is subscribed by people across the globe. I am sure many people will contact you. In the mean time, I will also request some of them to contact you.
I also took the liberty to copy this mail to Ms. Jahnabi Goswami, who is a leading figure in fighting AIDS in Assam and in the nation. Please let me know, if you need any other help or information. Keep up the good work. With best regards Ganesh Bora Ganesh Bora, PhD Assistant Professor Dept. of Agricultural and Biosystem Engineering Interim Director, Bio-Imaging and Sensing Center North Dakota State University Fargo, ND 58108-6050 Tel: 1-701-231-7271 E-mail: [email protected] ________________________________ From: Supriya Misra <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, July 5, 2013 4:20 PM Subject: Educational project in Assam Dear Dr. Ganesh Bora, It is wonderful to see the work of the Assam Society of America under your leadership. I'm writing to you on behalf of TeachAIDS to see if you may be able to help us identify fluent Assamese speakers (read/write in the language) to support the development of customized HIV prevention materials for Assam. With 250+ partners, TeachAIDS' education programs are already used in 70+ countries around the world. However, our organization has special ties to India, for which we will be developing 16 special language versions including Assamese. All our educational materials are developed with an interdisciplinary team of experts from Stanford, Harvard, MIT, Princeton, among others. Our goal is to develop the highest quality, research-based, culturally-appropriate educational materials and make them available to all free of cost. With the endorsement of Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, the TeachAIDS educational materials have have already been approve for distribution throughout the state of Assam. We plan to launch the Assamese materials in late-November 2013, in time for World AIDS Day (December 1st). If there is a central mailing list for your organization, we kindly request if you could send the text included at the bottom of this email. Looking forward to hearing from you. Thank you so much for your time. Warm regards, Supriya Misra **************** TeachAIDS is looking for fluent Assamese speakers (read/write in the language). Task: The volunteers will help with translation for the TeachAIDS animated software into Assamese. The materials have already been translated into multiple Indian languages, and will incorporate voices of the most celebrated cultural icons in Assam. Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, has endorsed the materials for distribution throughout Assam. Time: Estimated at 3-5 hours only, and your name will be included in the credits of the animated production. The result will benefit millions of children, many of which will receive HIV prevention education for the first time. Org Info: Founded at Stanford, and recognized as an innovation that will “change the world” by MIT Technology Review, TeachAIDS is an award-winning social venture that creates breakthrough software to solve persistent problems in HIV prevention around the world. Used in 70+ countries, with 250+ distribution partners, TeachAIDS provides the most effective HIV education for free under a Creative Commons License. Please contact us at [email protected] if you or your family members/friends are able to help produce a quality translation. We appreciate all the help for this cause! **************** -- Supriya Misra Senior Project Manager, TeachAIDS 460 S. California Avenue, Suite 303, Palo Alto, CA 94306 +1 408 462 AIDS (2437) | www.TeachAIDS.org _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
