The Blessing Gypsies of Chennai
It is not uncommon to associate big cities with the ideas of ever increasing employment opportunities and a sense of freedom that the young seek and a notion of security and comfort sought by the old.
Arun Kumar: Digital COVID Warrior & Social Worker
“These kids don’t have access to digital devices, I have been trying to support these 8 families here by raising funds with my friends to distribute food to them every couple of weeks but I don’t know how to support
Sonia; a Digital Entrepreneur in a Weaver’s Cluster
Sonia runs a Community Information Resource Center (CIRC) in Vitchanthangal village, Kanchipuram district. She helps her customers gain access to online services like government documents, pan card, aadhaar card,
Reluctant Vaccination
Pawan Kumar, a 25-year-old from Sultanpuri in New Delhi comes from a financially backward family. He is suffering from an intellectual disability and wasn’t sure if the vaccine was safe for him. He believed that it would have negative side effects on him. However, he along with his family wanted to find out the truth…
Digital Literacy Keeps 16-Year-Old up to Speed
This is the journey of Khushi Gupta, a 16-year-old resident of Ghazipur village, she has narrated her experience of being a part of the digital literacy program and how it has shaped her life. I am Khushi Gupta, I study in class 10 and live in Ghazipur village. We have a television and a mobile…
Digital Literacy for Career Building
This is the story of Aparna, a student in the Digital Literacy for Women and Girls program. She has narrated her experience during the program: My name is Aparna and I am 17 years old. I had little to no knowledge about computers as earlier I had received some training in school but had forgotten…
COVID Warrior
Sanjay Ram is working as a volunteer under DEF’s Risk Communication & Community Engagement (RCCE) program. He has been spreading awareness amongst people about the COVID-19 virus and the methods one must adopt to avoid it. He has been working hard towards fighting misinformation about the vaccine and trying to get more people to take…
A Student’s Note
K Havila is a student of class nine and she has been receiving STEM education through DEF’s intervention in her school in Baddenapalli, Telangana. She has written her experience of being a part of the STEM program. “STEM education has been very useful to me, I have learnt the scratch program. I had no idea…
Student Becomes Digital Manager
Deepali Devi, a resident of Meerapur village in Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh does embroidery work and runs it like a small enterprise. She has been receiving training on digital tools from DEF’s trainer Meenu Soni. Deepali is a student and it’s her mother who does the embroidery work, she has slowly gained an interest in it…
Digitally Excluded to Digitally Equipped
Indra Devi is an artisan from Daydosar village in Barmer district of Rajasthan. She didn’t know how to use a smartphone and when her neighbour told her about DEF’s centre in the village she was excited to learn something new. She joined the digital training program after having a conversation with the centre coordinator. She…