Puducherry’s nomads embrace a digital future
AuroNomad community believes that learning computers and getting online is the future they must be a part of
लोकतांत्रिक अधिकार है इंटरनेट का इस्तेमाल
यह लेख पहले हिंदुस्तान अखबार में छपा था| पिछले महीने मेरी मुलाकात इंबिसात अहमद और शारिक अहमद से हुई। इन दोनों नौजवानों ने ‘राइज’ नाम का एक एप बनाया है, जो जम्मू-कश्मीर, और खासतौर से घाटी के नौजवानों को प्रतियोगी परीक्षाओं से जुड़ी सलाहें देता है, और उन्हें अध्ययन सामग्री व जानकारियां मुहैया कराता है।…
Internet is like oxygen, let it flow
Restricting Internet access impacts more than a physical curfew in a geographical area
Feelings of pride & honour mark Independence Day Celebrations across CIRCs
CIRC across the country celebrated the 70th Independence Day with great fervour. Respective centre staff along with students began planning out the festivities days ahead of the celebrations. On 15th August, centres were beautifully decorated with hues of the tricolour. The onset of celebrations at respective centres was marked by the hoisting of flag. Many…
Accelerating development through digital empowerment
Preeti Sinha Senior President & Global Convenor, YES Institute, Yes Bank The world is today closely connected through ever faster communication channels and means of travel. The interplay of advanced communication technology, energy systems and automation is driving change in all spheres. Much of this change has been catalysed by the digital revolution which is now penetrating…
Building a link between panchayat representatives and Soochna Seva
Today, information is the key to emancipation; and Soochna Seva, a project supported by the European Union and executed by DEF, aims to ‘inform’ the ‘uninformed’. In order to do this, Soochna Seva teams regularly hold public meetings, workshops and seminars, besides facilitating access to public schemes and benefits. This work is carried out with…
Taking forward Kasturba Gandhi’s vision
The Soochna Seva team in West Champaran, Bihar, recently established a CIRC in Kasturba School in Gaunaha panchayat where 137 girls are enrolled from Classes VI to X. The “school” is actually an ashram where Kasturba Gandhi once taught with a vision to empower girls. In 1984, the people of Bhitiharwa village donated their land…
A mother learns by watching her son
Palanivel is a 15-year-old Tamil-speaking boy who is studying in Class XI at a government school in Musiri village of Tamil Nadu. He comes from a weaver household, and is a young weaver himself who regularly visits the Musiri digital resource centre for digital training. A few months ago, Digital Empowerment Foundation in partnership with…
Upskilling tradition artisans and craftsmen of India
The eNGO Programme trained around 30 participants from various weaver groups and non-profit organisations in digital marketing and in eCommerce at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, on July 18, 2016. The objective of the training was to strengthen individual and institution capacitiesto promote and market handloom and handicraft online. Daniel Thomas from Accenture addressed the…
Teachers go back to being students
Angaryarkanni (47) and Sangitha (27) are partners in the journey of digital literacy. They are both ad-hoc teachers at a government middle school in Manglapuddur, a hamlet in Tiruchirappalli district of Tamil Nadu. Manglapuddur is also home to one of Digital Empowerment Foundation’s latest CIRCs, which has been established in partnership with Mphasis. Even though…