WEBVTT 1 00:00:15.348 --> 00:00:19.018 Aashiana is a non-profit organisation and 2 00:00:19.102 --> 00:00:21.354 we support primarily 3 00:00:21.438 --> 00:00:23.356 HIV positive families. 4 00:00:24.357 --> 00:00:27.819 And we are helping them by providing 5 00:00:27.902 --> 00:00:29.237 nutrition, providing 6 00:00:29.320 --> 00:00:31.197 tuition fees for the children 7 00:00:31.906 --> 00:00:34.868 and any kind of medical reimbursements. 8 00:00:35.618 --> 00:00:38.913 We also run workshops where we let them 9 00:00:38.997 --> 00:00:41.124 know more about what they're going 10 00:00:41.207 --> 00:00:42.625 through like AIDS awareness. 11 00:00:43.460 --> 00:00:45.420 What we're trying to do with Aashiana is, 12 00:00:45.503 --> 00:00:47.213 we're creating a community 13 00:00:47.213 --> 00:00:48.923 that is a safe space. 14 00:00:54.763 --> 00:00:57.056 So the region where we are in is called 15 00:00:57.140 --> 00:00:58.683 Sambhar Salt Lake. 16 00:00:59.017 --> 00:01:01.561 As the name says, it's a salt lake region 17 00:01:02.020 --> 00:01:04.147 where underground water is highly saline 18 00:01:04.230 --> 00:01:06.065 and along with that 19 00:01:06.149 --> 00:01:08.693 fluoride levels are very high. 20 00:01:09.486 --> 00:01:11.738 So digging wells, or having 21 00:01:11.821 --> 00:01:13.531 open wells makes no sense. 22 00:01:15.492 --> 00:01:18.244 And based on that, this region has 23 00:01:18.328 --> 00:01:20.455 developed their own ways and means to 24 00:01:20.538 --> 00:01:22.373 harvest water, which is rainwater. 25 00:01:23.291 --> 00:01:25.168 And harvesting rainwater makes sense. 26 00:01:25.585 --> 00:01:27.337 So they capture, you know, rain on the 27 00:01:27.420 --> 00:01:29.380 surface of the ground, what they call 28 00:01:29.464 --> 00:01:30.632 surface water harvesting, 29 00:01:31.174 --> 00:01:34.219 like dugouts or ponds. You can harvest 30 00:01:34.302 --> 00:01:36.221 water and then you 31 00:01:36.304 --> 00:01:37.972 can use it for other purposes. 32 00:02:01.079 --> 00:02:03.498 Around this park, there are many 33 00:02:03.581 --> 00:02:06.960 villages, many children who do not have 34 00:02:07.043 --> 00:02:08.169 access to education. 35 00:02:09.128 --> 00:02:11.589 So to keep the tigers safe, it was 36 00:02:11.673 --> 00:02:13.675 important that we provide 37 00:02:13.758 --> 00:02:15.718 education to these children 38 00:02:16.219 --> 00:02:19.639 so that they begin looking at other 39 00:02:19.722 --> 00:02:22.475 options for their employment. 40 00:02:23.476 --> 00:02:24.894 And therefore, the first thing that was 41 00:02:24.978 --> 00:02:25.979 required was to get 42 00:02:26.062 --> 00:02:27.355 these children educated.