Two international science professionals have been teaching creative science classes at the GPM school in the Kalwa slums. Hagar Grazya Yamin, a mother of 3, originally from Israel and currently based in Mumbai has a B.Sc in biomedical
engineering from the Technion and a PhD in brain sciences from Bar Ilan University while Yanky Landau is a Fulbright student researcher based at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in Mumbai with a BSc in Math and Physics slotted to attend the California Institute of Technology where he hopes to get his PhD in physics.
Both Hagar and Yanky travel 90 minutes through the Mumbai traffic, and trek through the slums, to teach their weekly classes in science to the children attending the GPM Joshua Greenberger Learning Center (JLC). Hagar teaches children attending grades 3 and 4 while Yanky teaches middle school children at the JLC.
Hagar has taught creative classes on balance, coordination and the brain exposing the children to wondrous concepts in science while Yanky has opened the children’s eyes to the amazing world of physics. “It is such a great opportunity for the children to receive innovative classes from accomplished people with brilliant minds”, said GPM’s director Kenneth Dsouza, “we tend to think that we need to offer the bare minimum for those in greatest need and here we have experts in their fields teaching our children – that’s a powerful message!”
We are grateful for Hagar and Yanky’s commitment to the children’s education!
engineering from the Technion and a PhD in brain sciences from Bar Ilan University while Yanky Landau is a Fulbright student researcher based at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in Mumbai with a BSc in Math and Physics slotted to attend the California Institute of Technology where he hopes to get his PhD in physics.
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| Hagar in her class |
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| Yanky and his class |
Hagar has taught creative classes on balance, coordination and the brain exposing the children to wondrous concepts in science while Yanky has opened the children’s eyes to the amazing world of physics. “It is such a great opportunity for the children to receive innovative classes from accomplished people with brilliant minds”, said GPM’s director Kenneth Dsouza, “we tend to think that we need to offer the bare minimum for those in greatest need and here we have experts in their fields teaching our children – that’s a powerful message!”
We are grateful for Hagar and Yanky’s commitment to the children’s education!
