About this Event

Children from Swansea will have the chance to discover more about the experience of poverty in Bangladesh and India, thanks to a special event hosted by Swansea University on 12th July,2018.  During the event paintings from 7 eminent artists, artworks from children and ordinary people will be exhibited. 

The tri-nation (UK, Bangladesh, India) PACONDAA project aims to reduce poverty by preventing diseases affecting vital aquaculture in those countries.  It brings together bioscientists and social researchers in India, Bangladesh and the UK and is funded by the UK Research Councils (BBSRC and ESRC), the Newton-Bhabha Fund, UK Aid and the Ministry of Science and Technology, India.  As their part of it the University’s Dr Tanjil Sowgat and Dr Sergei Shubin spent the past two years encouraging communities in India and Bangladesh to influence the future of where they live. 

In Bangladesh the pair worked with villagers, local government officials, schools and artists to organise various events including training sessions for farmers, workshops with children, cultural collaborations, exhibitions and a festival. 

Using a combination of art, storytelling and practical activities, the academics provided hard-to-reach groups with a voice for the first time. 
Now the fruits of that partnership have been shared with schoolchildren in Swansea at the project first UK event focused around the exhibition in Taliesin Arts centre between 6 and 18 July 2018. 

On 12 July 2018, the Taliesin arts centre will host an event on co-designing sustainable futures, which will host a workshop with 30 children aged between 10 and 14 from St Joseph’s Cathedral Primary School to produce views of equitable futures in response to Bangladeshi artwork and paintings. 

The event set to be open by Pro-Vice Chancellor Prof. Martin Stringer is aimed at not only improving pupils’ knowledge about poverty but also establishing links between the UK and Bangladesh to share educational resources and improve social wellbeing.