The Internet Saathi team is committed to provide relief resources and opportunities to all its beneficiaries amid the ongoing pandemic. With the belief that war against Covid-19 can be only won with awareness, empathy and coordination among communities, collective engagement becomes paramount. Nutan Kumari, an Internet Saathi and DEF’s Covid-19 Relief Warrior from Bhagwanpur, Bihar,…
Bandana –– born with a locomotive disability –– lost her husband just 3-years after marriage. She was struggling to take care of a child, as she did not have any financial support. Lack of livelihood opportunities in the rural areas only making it difficult as she recalls, “those days were the worst days in my…
“These services have not only helped marginalized sections to access their entitlements but also proved to be a regular source of income for me,” said Chandan who was a teacher in primary school, and now runs a SoochanPreneur centre in Guna district, Madhya Pradesh. When Chandan –– a sole breadwinner in the family –– joined…
The Education pillar of DEF’s Smartpur project has been focusing on experimental learning for children. Going ahead with the aim of learning through training and experiment, DEF’s Smartpur-project team, Ghazipur conducted one day STEM training of 80 children on 21st January 2021. STEM is an interdisciplinary approach to learning where academic concepts are integrated with…
Jyoti Singh from Rewa district is working on RCCE –– The Risk Communication and Community Engagement –– initiative of Digital Empowerment Foundation which aims to reach out to vulnerable and marginalised community members with COVID–19 specific information on preventive measure of the infectious virus and breaking taboo around it. In the difficult such as the…
The British Council implemented an English and Digital for Girls Education (EDGE) programme in 23 EDGE clubs of 7 states. EDGE programme focuses on improving life prospects and building English, ICT and social skills among adolescent girls between 14 – 19 years. Building on the success of pilot phase, the second phase started in December…
Digital Literacy classroom for Government Senior Secondary School in Bawal (Haryana) Digital Empowerment Foundation proposes to setup one digital classrooms in Government Senior Secondary School. The program will act like a catalyst to bridge the digital divide amongst students of various socio-economic and other geographical barriers. The Project aims at empowering rural children through education…
DEF is committed towards creating sustainable employment opportunities. Taking this forward, DEF, along with Pyar Trust and Equally Able Foundation’s support, started a multidimensional educational toolkit, aiming to transform the traditional methods of learning into experience based functional literacy through the pedagogy of discovery in order to build capacities of students towards the subjects of…
Cricket in India is a religion as it is repeatedly said by commentators, experts and fans. Indian men’s cricket team boasts of the biggest fan support in the world and thus enables Indian cricket board…
