With India being one of the fastest growing economies in the world, digitalisation of the country is essential, especially given our vast population and wide geography. As the saying goes, information is knowledge and knowledge is power. ‘Information’ is the most dynamic tool, which propels empowerment of the underserved sections of the society. Yet, 72…
Facebook India Technology is the equaliser for the marginalised. Social media and the global community provide people the opportunity to build their skills, a business or something for their community. That’s the power of communication, more so, of social media in an increasingly connected world. Currently, only 24% women have access to Internet in India…
Soochna Seva recently migrated to MeraApp from online MIS, which they had been using since 2014. MeraApp is an android-based application, a one-stop answer to all government schemes and entitlements. It is a medium to reduce rural poverty and contribute in rural economy. Apart from this, Soochna Seva team organised a camp to process applications…
Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) in partnership with the Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (India) conducted a week long (June 10-16) functional digital literacy training programme with the tribal youth from the most underserved areas in Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. These young students are enrolled in Certificate Course in Development Management. The workshop kicked-off with a…
Stephanie Joy Raison Chief Communications, Advocacy & Partnership UNICEF India Protecting the rights of children in this digital age means balancing, and, more importantly, helping them to learn to balance the risks and opportunities that digital technologies expose them to. Online risks are very much linked to offline risks; we shouldn’t prevent children from accessing…
Twenty students from Baank-e-Loom centre in Saidanpur, Barabanki district of Uttar Pradesh, attended the FLO Skill Development Initiative 2018-19 in Lucknow where they were awarded certificates for their newly acquired skills. Apart from this, Baank-e-Loom in association with Shine India Society & GRACE Care Inc organised a free medical camp at the centre, which also…
Smartpur was launched amid much celebration in Tain village of Haryana on May 16 in the presence of Finnish Ambassador Nina Vaskunlahi, Nokia VP & Head of India Market Sanjay Malik, Nokia Head of Marketing & Corporate Affairs Amit Marwah, DEF Founder-Director Osama Manzar and community members. Smartpur is a dream project for DEF and…
You are the leaders of social media. People need to know about you and the work you’re doing,” said Osama Manzar, Founder-Director of Digital Empowerment Foundation, addressing the Finalists and other guests at the 5th annual Social Media for Empowerment Awards (SM4E). SM4E 2018 was hosted on May 25th at Eros Hotel in New Delhi.…
Malini Gupta Programme Director RBS Foundation Years ago, when micro finance witnessed a boom, I was a mere foot soldier in the larger war for equality. Our battles were many and our victories few and far between. At one frustration-fraught review meeting, one of our sagacious and pragmatic community leaders had brought us firmly to…
On April 14, 2018, DEF in collaboration with Qualcomm took its SoochnaPreneur initiative to Barabanki district of Uttar Pradesh. The Barabanki leg of the initiative was launched amid much celebrations in Saidanpur village, where 25 newly inducted all-women SoochnaPreneurs had gathered in the presence of DEF Founder-Director Osama Manzar, FLO chairperson of Lucknow Chapter Jyotsana…
