Positive Solace with Attika Choudhary
In March 2020, the UK went into lockdown as did most of the world. As people reached out to Attika, about feeling anxious and confused, she wanted to do something helpful and the “Positive Solace” podcasts were born. Mental health has been her concern for some years and this led to the creation of a team which would make it happen.
Hosted by BBC’s Attika Choudhary, Positive Solace is a podcast that will empower your mind, spread positivity and wisdom. The guests are from different backgrounds, cultures, experience and learning. In their own, unique way they are doing what they can to help their community overcome the challenges and lead people to a better place. The conversations are not scripted: they are raw and show vulnerability and create a place where these voices can empower us all. So come join us as we laugh, get emotional and travel the world!
Positive Solace with Attika Choudhary
The Afghan Dreamers with Roya Mahboob
In this episode of Positive Solace: Women of Vision, Attika talks to Roya Mahboob, the CEO of the Digital Citizen Fund that helps students through digital education. In fact Roya is championing the cause of education for girls and women, and works with the Afghan government to create STEM schools where Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics are made available to all students.
Roya started the group of robotics specialists known as The Afghan Dreamers, who also join Attika in this podcast.
This six-girl robotics team made up of teenagers between 14 and 18 years old, has already won awards. When challenged by the Herat Governor to help with the Covid-19 crisis, they created a ventilator from old car pieces that should hit the market soon costing around $600.
Some ventilators sell at upwards of $50,000.
Roya is keen to break down cultural barriers and prejudices that question the value of women being educated. She encourages girls to pursue careers in engineering and robotics, a suggestion bucking the social trend and unheard of in Afghanistan until recently.
Attika talks to Roya and the girls about the successes they’ve had with their work, their experiences growing up with the unrest in Afghanistan and all the challenges that brings. What lies ahead for these dreamers? Listen to the podcast now available on all platforms.
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