2A - Thursday, March 11, 2010 MONDAY: In Other Ivory Towers The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com TUESDAY: Professor Profiles WEDNESDAY: Before You Were Here Raising money, aW Like many politicians and lawmak- audiences totaling more than 350 ers across the country, one student group is focusing its energy on health care reform - but this organization's efforts aren't being directed domesti- cally. Dance to Empower Stronger Health care is a nonprofit student group thatorganizes performances of multiple dance teams to raise money and educate the audience on health care in rural India. LSA freshman Aparna Ghosh founded DESH in 2007 when she was a junior at Pioneer High School in Ann Arbor. As a dancer and pre-med student, Ghosh said she just "com- bined (her) ideas into one.' When Ghosh became a Univer- sity student in the fall, she decided to expand the group she'd started in high school, creating the student group on campus. While Ghosh was still in high school, DESH held two concerts, with people. Through these performances, the organization raised over $7,000 for hygiene education, vaccinations and surgery for children with con- genital heart disease in rural India. Ghosh said she was inspired by her family members, many of whom still live in rural India to start DESH. She said her grandmother died of asthma because she couldn't afford aninhaler. Ghosh said health care problems in India stem from both residents' inability to afford health care and their lack of awareness of the resourc- es available in larger cities. "There's no indoor plumbing or electricity, even today," Ghosh said. "Rural families don't have the money or the time (to travel to urban areas for care)." Ghosh also said many people living in rural India tend to rely heavily on herbal remedies that can't treat seri- ous illnesses. FRIDAY: Photos of the Week rareness DESH's eight members all share a "common bond between dancing and wanting a better society," said Ghosh. The group's name also has a double meaning. The word "desh" means "country" in Hindi, according to LSA junior Anant Jain, the treasurer of the group. He said he thinks the group's name is an accurate representation of its purpose, which is to bring together community and culture in both Ann Arbor and India. DESH holds performances "where you can see everything that Michigan has to offer," accordingto Jain. But Ghosh said the group is aim- ing to expand its presence on campus. She added that starting next year, the organization also plans to use the money from their performances to offer scholarships to students pursu- ing medical degrees in Madurai, a city in rural southern India. - LAURENDAVIES A member of Dancing to E mpower S dances at a DESH event. 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