Mala Khatun belongs to the district of Murshidabad, West Bengal. She belongs to a financially backward family and she has had low vision since her birth. Life for her has always come with obstacles attached to her disability. However, her undying spirit to overcome all her difficulties has made her a strong individual. She always…
“Before I became a SoochnaPreneur (Information Entrepreneur) and associated myself with DEF, ‘independence’ was just a concept to me, not a reality. Today I can say confidently that it provides me with a steady source of income that has sustained my family through the pandemic.” Hemlata, Madhya Pradesh “I never knew I was capable of…
Pawan Kumar, a 25-year-old from Sultanpuri in New Delhi comes from a financially backward family. He is suffering from an intellectual disability and wasn’t sure if the vaccine was safe for him. He believed that it would have negative side effects on him. However, he along with his family wanted to find out the truth…
This is the journey of Khushi Gupta, a 16-year-old resident of Ghazipur village, she has narrated her experience of being a part of the digital literacy program and how it has shaped her life. I am Khushi Gupta, I study in class 10 and live in Ghazipur village. We have a television and a mobile…
This is the story of Aparna, a student in the Digital Literacy for Women and Girls program. She has narrated her experience during the program: My name is Aparna and I am 17 years old. I had little to no knowledge about computers as earlier I had received some training in school but had forgotten…
