Gunipally, Andhra Pradesh
2020 being the year of the coronavirus pandemic, operations of DEVISE at Pudur and Muneerabad (both villages within the Medchal District of Telangana) were kept suspended due to the lack of availability of on-ground volunteers. This did not mean a total suspension of activities as we were able to initiate fellowships in the villages of Gunipally ( Anantpur, Andhra Pradesh) and Ramchandrapally (Nizamabad, Telangana). The fellows co-ordinated with us remotely; with their primary on-ground work being the distribution of our study material and conducting training sessions as far as permitted under the covid-19 restrictions.