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.
When Indians termed ‘inspirational’ the story of a girl who climbed up a hill for a signal to access online classes during the pandemic and sat under an umbrella in the sun to study, Osama Manzar shook his turbaned head in disbelief. “It was deprivation news, not inspiration news.”
By Digital Empowerment Foundation Published on: Sept 20, 2022 In this opening address, Mr. Ranjan said the opening of the DDEC should prove to be a boon for the residents of the locality. He urged the community members to take initiative and use the services of the centre, “You can lead a horse to water,…
Edited by Dushyant and Osama Manzar Published on: Jan 1, 2020 This is an excerpt from the book The New Normal: How to Survive a New World Order The pandemic has drastically changed the way we live and work. It has accelerated the onset of new trends at work and forced businesses across the spectrum…