Before starting the RECAP, I would like to explain about my series of knowledge-sharing sessions “Taking Google maps towards rural”
I initiated this theme in 2018 September to take google maps towards rural villages, schools, and youth in order to educate Google Maps and the free tools provided by Google. Volunteering is an addiction from my perspective. Especially, helping people who are really in need. The main purpose why I started this meetup series is, to get hands together to educate our little children who live in rural villages with less technology facilities and thought to educate them on new technologies and selected Google maps and other Google free tools to them. So far, I have hosted 8 meetups with kids, youths, schools, children’s orphanages, etc. the targetted audience I have selected those based on the need, maybe poor family background / not exposed to technology/living in an orphanage with less facilities. We all are running behind happiness in our own life and yes I’m also part of them running after my happiness doing such activities to the community. I want to say big thanks to local guides who also have joined me so far to take Google Maps to Rural villages in Sri Lanka.
July meetup [RECAP]
This time I have selected a children’s orphanage in my village. @Kajan746 joined me and like the previous meetups, My wife also joined. She syncs with my volunteer works supporting me every time. 
We all went to the meetup place and my first question was how many of them were there for the meetup. They counted and said 36 kids, and my second question was how many of you are familiar with computer and they said they have never switched on a PC and they have had no facility or opportunity to do such. I took this into the mind and decided to spend a good time with them and started the meetup with Kajan introducing Google Maps.
Google maps - they seemed to have learned about mapping at their school and when I showed them the Google map on my multimedia projector they got amazed and lots of questions from them and we answered without getting tired. I took them virtually to their home, famous place like Tajmahal, Great wall of China and etc.
Yes, also I gave the VR box to see the places through that and they were really happy seeing this. Also, I showed the google home, google translation and many other Google tools to them.
Since they do not have a computer and printers I was teaching them how to make a map on paper referring to Google maps. using the projector screen I was teaching them to draw the map of Palugamam, Batticaloa, Sri Lanka by color chalks and pencil. yes they did a great job and they also requested me to send this colorful map to Google office by post
see how amazing they are, @TraciC and team yes it’s on the way to your office now by mail
Finally, they have drawn a real map for the first time in their life referring to Google maps and they gave me a BIG SMILE which made my day
with lots of happiness, we wound the meetup and there was a question from the kids when are you coming next. yes, I’m making a routine plan to visit them and I also said that I will be there soon
Education is important to kids and especially we volunteers who are technologically able should teach new technologies to rural villagers, kids, youth to make them good in technology.
Sharing knowledge is bliss!
** @RadieN here’s my RECAP, hope you will like this :)**
More photos, please check this album
and Nandri for your great work thushy bhai.