From 2021 to 2025, our chapter served in the Vemavaram, Andhra Pradesh. The projects that have been implemented here include curriculums revolving around computer literacy, financial literacy, vocational skills, reproductive health, and more. During the summers of 2022, 2023, and 2024, several members of our chapter were able to implement these projects in Vemavaram.
Before 2021, UCSD’s Project RISHI chapter had served in the village Anandwan, Maharashtra. The projects we have implemented here include urinalysis, curriculum catered to kids in elementary school about various topics, leprosy stigma evaluations/surveys, and CPR training.
Through these projects, we aimed to promote the health and well being of the individuals in the village.
During the time we served Anandwan, we were also very involved within our community in America. In June 2020, during the nationwide protests for racial equality, we raised over 30,000 dollars which we then donated equally to the NAACP, ACLU, Equal Justice Initiative & Public Allies Inc.