DEFdialogue with Mridula Koshy
What does reading mean for a critical society? A lot! In the latest edition of Digital Empowerment Foundation’s…
Towards GOAL-oriented learning
20-year-old Rinki Chouhan lives in a small house with a big family of 10 where her father and brother, both daily wage workers…Read More
POSHAN Preraks march to health
“We had no idea that honey-ginger could be harmful for our children in any way possible,” says Savita, a resident from Uttar Pradesh’s Ghazipur…Read More
SoochnaPreneurs – giving hope to the elderly
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…
Lighting lives with information
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…
Empowering rural youth with the right information
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…
Educating young girls about menstrual hygiene management
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 Saathi Babli’s digital learning techniques
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 students today, enumerators of a growing nation tomorrow!
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…
Ensuring healthy mothers through community dialogues
“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…