The IAU Office for Astronomy Outreach along with our partners IAU Office for Astronomy Outreach (OAO), Stars Shine for Everyone (Sterren Schitteren voor Iedereen, SSVI) and the University of Leiden are pleased to announce the awardees of the 2021 Telescopes for All project. By sending each awardees a telescope, the project seeks to broaden the horizons of children, parents and educators alike to spark an interest in science, and promote equal opportunities for pursuing a career in astronomy.
The 2021 project received 225 applications from 54 countries with the active support of the IAU National Outreach Coordinators (NOCs). The selected proposals will bring telescopes to socially deprived communities in Poland; help tackle educational disparities and improving access to STEM for women and girls in Botswana and Mauritius; reach rural areas in Malaysia; and refugee camps in Jordan, to name a few.
The telescopes have been awarded to the following proposals:
โข Telescopes for All in Afghanistan, Kayhana Astronomical Group, Afghanistan
โข Telescopes for All in Botswana, Machana Satellite School, Botswana
โข Tomorrowโs Stars (Astros do Amanhรฃ), Leva Ciรชncia Institute (Instituto Nacional Leva Ciรชncia – INALC), Brazil
โข Telescopes for All in Ghana, Tetteh-Ocloo School for the Deaf, Ghana
โข Namma Telescope, Open Space Foundation (OSF), India
โข Telescopes for All in Iraq, Freelance, Al-Muthanna University (Lecturer), Iraq
โข Telescopes for All in Jordan, Jordanian Astronomical Society (JAS), Jordan
โข Telescopes for All in Malaysia, SJKT JUGRA School, Malaysia
โข Telescopes for All in Mauritius, Hindu Girlsโ College Astronomy Club, Mauritius
โข Evening Meetings With Astronomy, Grupa Edukacji Astronomicznej na Czarnej Hucie (The Black Ironworks Astronomical Education Group), Poland
โข Telescopes for All in Samoa, Tiapapata Art Centre, Samoa
โข Telescopes for All in Timor Leste, Knua Sentrรกl ba Prรกtika Siรฉnsia no Matemรกtika (KSP), East Timor
News Source: IAU Office for Astronomy Outreach