Social media has drastically changed the style of communication. Today Internet has redefined communication. Digital Empowerment Foundation with American Centre as an Outreach Partner conducted a workshop in Kohima on 31st March, 2015 with YouthNet as our local partner.
UNICEF India and Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) co-organized the state consultation “Mobile Phones: A Tool for Social & Behaviour Change” on 10th April,2015 at Hotel Royale De Casa, Guwahati, Assam.The consultation was the fifth and last consultation in the series of the state-level consultations under the ambit of ‘Mobile Phone as a Tool for Social & Behaviour Change.” The consultation aimed at exploring the various projects where women, adolescent girls and youth have used mobiles effectively in areas of health, education, sanitation, environment and monitoring and training of frontline workers.
To discuss how public libraries can be regained as public places for seeking information and knowledge, for the first time in India, an international conference-cum-workshop on public libraries was organised. The three day event ‘India Public Libraries Conference 2015’ (www.iplc.in) was held at India International Centre (IIC), Lodi Estate in New Delhi during March 17-19, 2015, comprising of a two day conference on the theme “Transforming Public Libraries in India: Envisioning the Future” and a day long parallel workshops for library officials and professionals.
In April, a one-month full-time Training of Trainers programme was conducted in Wireless for Communities Main Centre in Guna, Madhya Pradesh. It was attended by 5 new trainees and 4 previous trainees, who were taught the theory and practical of deploying, configuring and maintaining a Wireless Network.Rigorous theoretical and field training was conducted with regular…
Billions of dollars have flown into India’s e-commerce firms in the last few years. Can the explosive growth improve the lives of traditional skilled workers as well?
Little Vishal Kumar, all of 13 years old and a student of Class VIII in the local Sheth Ganeshilal Government Senior Secondary School in Chandauli village loves to play online games and make friends on Facebook. He also has his own e-mail ID and is very much a part of the global community of Internet…
In the semi-urban weaving hamlet of Chanderi, Madhya Pradesh, Mohammed Asim, 26, learned the traditional craft of weaving from his parents and other senior family members. Following his training under the W4C programme at the Chanderi CIRC two years ago, he purchased his own computer, along with appropriate software using revenue from his weaving business,…
Gyarshi Devi, 49, is one of the key leaders and founding members of the Jagrut Mahila Sangathan which has been playing a key role in fighting the problems of bonded labour and overall backwardness of the Sahariya tribe in Baran district of Rajasthan. She is all praise for the digital literacy programmes and Internet connectivity…
Through 3 projects 1350 micro entrepreneurs digitally empowered, more than 3500 Chanderi weavers now use digital tools and have e-commerce portal, more than 50 women entrepreneurs digitally trained.
Through 6 projects more than 5000 ICTD innovators discovered and honoured. A knowledge hub and repository of thousands of best practices in use of digital tools for development has been created.