By Digital Empowerment Foundation Published on: Oct 26, 2022 It took a lot of time and effort to make people understand. But it was a rewarding process; I knew that me providing this information to them made them safer. This is a testimonial from Poonam Bai, DEF’s SoochnaPreneur from Alwar. “When the news of the…
By Digital Empowerment Foundation Published on: Oct 26, 2022 Through this program I have built trust with my community and am happy to say that I have played a role in strengthening my village in its fight against COVID and misinformation. Here is a testimonial from one of our 885 COVID Warriors Kiren Sahu from…
By Digital Empowerment Foundation Published on: Oct 26, 2022 The 26 participants were happy to receive the knowledge and people from the transgender community also requested for more such workshops to be organized for them. The aim of the Digital Empowerment Foundation is to bridge the information gap that exists in India and more often…
By Digital Empowerment Foundation Published on: Oct 26, 2022 Nirmala is interested in digital devices from the earlier stage but she was not educated on how to use these devices. Through the Digital Empowerment Foundation, she could learn digital tools and manage her customer database. Nirmala Chandel resides in Kumbharaj Tehsil, about 70km away from…
By Digital Empowerment Foundation Published on: Oct 26, 2022 MeraBills benefitted Deepali a lot, she is storing customers’ data who shops at her store and she can send them messages/reminders whenever she wants. Deepali Soni is a native of Meerapur Village of Barabanki district of Uttar Pradesh. In her village, there was a digital divide…
By Digital Empowerment Foundation Published on: Oct 26, 2022 A workshop was organized for 62 students of Arduka village’s government senior secondary school and the Falhul Amin School in Bharatpur district. The education sector was badly affected by the pandemic and with the reopening of schools institutions are facing new challenges. Students are mentally stressed…
By Digital Empowerment Foundation Published on: Oct 26, 2022 Selvaraj has three friends who have now joined the Smartpur Center and continue to follow in her footsteps. They are motivated to secure a job and sustain themselves independently. Smartpur Center continues to be a game changer for these young girls who want to secure a…
By Digital Empowerment Foundation Published on: Oct 26, 2022 The centre is providing digital literacy, digital skilling and access to government entitlements to the community. Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) with the support of US India Policy Institute (USIPI) set up a Community Information Resource Centre (CIRC) in the remote village of Donabaghatta in Karnataka. The…
The Digital Empowerment Foundation has always believed in a bottom up approach. All our programs are developed with consultation with stakeholders at the ground level. From district coordinators to SoochnaPreneurs, we regularly speak with them to understand the needs and requirements of the communities we work with.
The Digital Empowerment Foundation presented its work at the Tenth Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning hosted by Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and Athabasca University (AU) from 14 to 16 September 2022.