Garima Lungphoi is a student in 9th standard from Jagiroad, Nakhola Secondary School of Morigaon district. At the outset she looks like any other young girl but she has been dealing with her share of challenges on her own. Hailing from a family consisting of her grandmother, parents and a brother, she is constantly caught…
Siva Prasad is an eighteen year old young adult with Autism. He has completed his 10th standard in NIOS (National Institute of Open Schooling) Board. He is capable of reading and writing but cannot concentrate on anything for more than a minute or two. None of the special schools accepted him and other organizations demanded…
Through experience, it has been commonly observed that with the help of Women Entrepreneurs, a rural community can prove to be self-sufficient in organising their finances which tends to make the people of the community better informed and hopeful in able to receive their rightful entitlements. In this regard, Digital Empowerment Foundation, with the support…
Being termed as a literate is nuanced in the current digital era where the ability to read and write may not necessarily be a prerequisite to function in the fast paced world as the focus and the need of the hour has been on skills to use digital tools. As per UNESCO, functional literacy refers…
While rural India is still gripped with the struggle to achieve cent percent literacy rate as the public schools deliver archaic content without much changes in the basic infrastructure, the students emerging from such an education background often find it hard to find parity in coping with the digital world. Currently, the norm followed by…
Nothing spurs innovation and productivity like the need to confront a global pandemic and geopolitical shifts all at the same time. Technology may be the most important connective tissue that links the financial world’s power and influence to the inclusive aspirations of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). How can we ensure that no…
