My name is Bina and my husband’s name is Omprakash. I am a farmer and a resident of Laxmangarh tehsil of Berla village and a mother of three kids. Since the yield is low, we have faced a lot of problems in growing food. In addition to this, I and my family did not even…
In Maharashtra, the Mentors visited Palghar, Thane and trained 20 mentees. The objective of the visit was to understand and acquaint themselves with the social realities of Mentees, meet their parents and most importantly to impart skills. This helped them understand how the visual narratives support in analysing the ground realities and why it is…
Bhutan is fast on its way to becoming digital, and the government of Bhutan is working intensely to build capacity of their officers to effectively and efficiently deal with the change heralded by technology. Department of Information and Media (DoIM) invited DEF to conduct a social media workshop for the ICT officers from 18 districts…
Digital Empowerment Foundation initiated Digital Eco Systems for Senior Citizens to provide digital literacy classes and Community Information and Resource Centre (CIRC) services with the field level support. Similarly, digital literacy classes and CIRC with the support of HelpAge India was initiated.The centre aims to provide digital literacy, information services, health related training and information on…
Smartpur is now emphasizing on the difference which is taking place in the society. There is an inevitable change which can be clearly seen. The Media & Information Literacy Experts visited our Smartpur Tain Hub on 14th November to experience this change. MIL works on certain parameters such as media literacy, news literacy, digital literacy…
Abner Manzar Travel enthusiast The Destination in the Journey Travel makes one think about personal identities. “Kahan se aa rahe? (Where are you coming from?)”, a man asked me near the Beypore Port in Kozhikode (Kerala). It was a little difficult for me to answer the question. If I would have said ‘Pondicherry’ (where I have…
Digital Empowerment Foundation in partnership with UNESCO and RedR, Indonesia, convened a training workshop in Chanderi, India and Senaru, Lombok in September-October 2019, to introduce the use of simple design-application for weavers to document their traditional motifs in digital format. The digitalisation of motifs will enable them to record community’s collective memory as well as…
Smartpur STEAM Labs are essentially spaces where students can create and explore their curiosity. STEAM is challenge based, hands-on, practical education ecosystem which aims to foster inquisitive minds. A workshop was conducted on October 24 and 25 at Ghasoli Hub Centre, Alwar (Rajasthan) by the young students of Shri Ram School and Delhi Public School.…
There are millions of not-for-profit and civil society organisations in the world who are playing a vital role in the socio-economic development of diverse communities who are living in difficult conditions. However, various studies and reports have time and again indicated that most of the grassroots organisations struggle to exist due to lack of funds,…
Digital Empowerment Foundation in partnership with UNESCO and RedR, Indonesia, convened a training workshop in Chanderi, India and Senaru, Lombok in September-October 2019, to introduce the use of simple design-application for weavers to document their traditional motifs in digital format. The digitalisation of motifs will enable them to record community’s collective memory as well as…