Digiprayas, a joint venture of Axis Bank and Digital Empowerment Foundation, aims to impart financial digital literacy to rural communities across five states in India. Here you can see women in Kandalgaon (a village in Kolhapur district of Maharashtra), getting acquainted with online forms of banking. The project works by first familiarising the community members…
At dCIRC Mankara, an awareness programme was organised on reproductive and child health care. Women from the community, especially new mothers found the session helpful, since they were made aware of best practices for child care nutrition. Also, present during the session were members of the panchayat, ASHA workers and an ICDS member.
On 100 years of Champaran Satyagraha, a programme was organised on under Google’s Internet Saathi project. Dr S N Subba Rao graced the event with his presence. He spoke about the struggles in Pre and Post-independence India, and how the development of the country can only happen when the rural communities are empowered. He went…
On the eve of Ambedkar Jayanti, CIRC Nichlagarh coordinator, Dhanraj Dabi, organised a discussion on the life of BR Ambedkar and the constitution of India. This was followed by a rally during which they the community members and the CIRC staff further disseminated information on the importance of knowing your rights, as a part of…
