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11-11-2009
The impoverished state of Bihar in India will soon introduce e-muster rolls, biometric smart cards and an online system for effective and transparent implementation of National Rural Employment Guarantee Act. A non-profit technology entity called Life Line to Communities is providing technical assistance.
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Image: Bio-metric tracking of payments under NREGA/ Photo credit: Manthan Award
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09-11-2009
Sri Lanka’s dairy farmers are making use of web and mobile technologies to achieve self sufficiency in milk production. User-friendly touch screen computer and SMS services have been introduced to lure young entrepreneurs to the business.
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Image: Dairy farming in Sri Lanka/ Photo credit: Samaritanspurse
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21-10-2009
A wide range of rural job portals, offering employment opportunities to villagers, are increasingly becoming popular in India. As part of public-private partnership, these are also providing skill building services to young men and women.
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Image: Local women working in a BPO in India/ Photo credit: BPO Voice
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19-08-2009
Radio Bundelkhand is engaging the local population in the central Indian hinterland to help it communicate, educate and bring its issues to the fore, and evolve an informed community.
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17-08-2009
With a view to root out corruption and ensure timely and legitimate disbursal of funds under various schemes, the Indian government is planning to make more use of ICTs. The new system will manage different projects, monitor funds and even do a social audit.
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22-07-2009
The Central Adoption Resources Authority in India will soon launch an online facility to make child adoption faster and easier. The project will link its various centres across the country, and provide all details of children to adopt including their photographs.
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Image: Orphans at an adoption centre/ Photo credit: Journeys of the heart
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13-07-2009
Several organisations came together in India’s national capital last week to celebrate the broadcast of 200th episode of Ek Duniya Ek Awaaz, a radio programme initiated by OneWorld South Asia. The programme aims to ‘voice the voiceless’ and educate communities on issues of social relevance.
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Image: Volunteers from NACDOR singing a song/ Photo credit: OWSA
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01-07-2009
Jiboner Jolchobi, a new television series aired on mainstream channel in Bangladesh, is equipping farmers with useful information and technologies to boost agricultural production. The programme focuses on food processing, savings and credit systems, grassroots services and disaster risk reduction.
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Image: A scene from the serial/ Photo credit: Commodity Online
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01-06-2009
FAO has launched a new web portal to facilitate a single access point for international and national information related to farm animal welfare. Policymakers, farmers, scientists and animal welfare experts can now access research findings, relevant legislation and policies on livestock through this online gateway.
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27-05-2009
A new ‘teachers and students’ section will soon appear on the website of the World Food Programme. Aiming for more participation from youth in the fight against hunger, it plans to contain attractive online features like gaming, videos, news and maps.
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Image: World hunger can be brought into lessons/ Photo credit: WFP
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