Kamla Bai Saheriya, an elderly woman from Madhya Pradesh, was abandoned by children after her husband had passed away. Her only support was the widow pension that she received. Her suffering compounded when she stopped receiving even that paltry sum due to reasons unknown. Clueless and distraught, she did not know which door to knock…
In India, where a vast majority still lives in information darkness, digital information dissemination on topics of importance like citizen entitlements, financial schemes etc. definitely paves the way towards a society that is socially and financially inclusive of even people living in the fringes. Prem Singh Ahirwara and Ram Singh from Uttarakhand did not dare…
Manoj belongs to a small village in Warangal district of Telangana where he lives in a shanty with this extended family. Aspiring to be in government service, he had been spending time studying hard to clear the competitive exams after he completed his MBA from Chaitanya Degree College. His large family and the responsibility to…
As part of collaboration between DEF and WASH United to bring awareness among the rural communities on Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM), one day training was organised for the new women trainers of WASH on May 10, 2019. It was conducted by seven trainers who had received the training from WASH United. Six master trainers from…
Internet is a tool of change for many Internet Saathis who are touching lives in present day’s digital reality. Catalysing the process of growth and development, the internet is not only affecting the urban population but also is bringing in the desired change within the lives of many women who are residing in rural pockets…
Digikala centre in Barabali, Odisha in partnership with Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation enabled 30 students to work as enumerators for Census 2019. This was done under the Common Service Centre (CSC) Scheme. The meeting at the centre was attended by the CSC District Manager and Additional District Managers of Bargarh district, Prafulla Patra…
“Humare liye Poshan Prerak didi vardan roop thi”, says Laxmi Devi (name changed), a beneficiary from Sarai Mubarak, a small village in Ghazipur. Ghazipur’s villages were amongst 187 villages from 10 different states which were covered under the programme of Community Dialogues on POSHAN Abhiyaan themes. Laxmi, now a mother of a month-old infant, was…
As part of their innovative initiative, Atul and Madhuri, from DEF’s Smartpur centre at Hosadoddi, Kollegal region of Karanataka, organised nutrition workshop where the community children took pledge to clean their vicinities before and after eating and follow basic personal hygiene principles. The programme took place on May 1 where the children were also engaged…
45 per cent people chose 1 on a scale of 1-5 when asked how often do they tend to believe information received by them on WhatsApp, according to a survey result taken during the ‘Fighting Fake News’ workshops. The results from questionnaire filled by rural participants have now been published in a report titled Fighting…
Is media, as we know today, dead? Has social media taken over traditional media? Is media without social media’s widespread reach have no choice but to embrace social media? These, among many pertaining questions surrounding the changing paradigm of critical media and newsrooms in the age of social media, were discussed at the Global Media…