Research and Information Collection-2

The drafted essay was taken to CEE where I met Mr. Atul Pandey, Programme Director for Rural Programmes Group and CEE West. I first introduced myself and then explained him the reason for me being there. It has always been my wish to serve the impoverished people and help them out of their misery. Being a graphic designer I could do so by making their plight heard through generation of awareness. Mr. Pandey told me about some problems they were facing and said that till date there has been no information kit of the place. No maps, no information of the villages in that area-all this leading to a problem of less communication. He also gave me contacts of two key people currently working in the Little Rann of Kutch and told me that I could avail their help if needed. He strongly recommended that I visit the salt pans, stay there for a minimum of 2 days, spend 2-3 hours with the Agariya families, and then assimilate the whole problem. He told that even they wanted to raise the awareness but due to lack of funds they have been unable to do so. He said that once I am back from Kutch I could meet him and discuss some plans which could be actually implemented and worked upon. 

After the meeting I spoke to Chakradhar, my guide. He told me that I would have to arrange for photographers who could come along and help in doing the shoot. I would also need to set up the defined objectives of going to Little Rann, prepare an itinerary and see that my objectives are met from the trip. I would also have to start looking up travel brochures and information kits. Study of existing travel kit, its variations, printable ones both national and international ones had to be done.