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19-11-2009
Communities are benefiting from several e-learning packages, resource centres and mobile and internet access facilities. A series of programmes and doorstep services are contributing towards education and overall rural development in Sri Lanka and India.
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Image: ICTs aiding farmers/ Photo credit: Global voices online
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18-11-2009
Mobile and Immersive Learning for Literacy in Emerging Economies (MILLEE) project led by a UC Berkley team uses mobile phone-based games for teaching English lessons to children. In partnerships with key mobile companies, the team has developed games for improving literacy in rural India.
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Image: Mobile gaming for rural India/ Photo credit: Pluggd In
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16-11-2009
A UNICEF supported community radio station in central India is educating and empowering the disadvantaged groups and marginalised women. With training in basic editing, these tribal women are producing programmes on health, literacy, and gender issues.
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Image: Dharkan 107.8 radio producer Ramvati Adivasi records an interview with a woman in Patara village, Madhya Pradesh/ Photo credit: UNICEF
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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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06-11-2009
The Institute of South Asian Studies has launched a new web link to reach out to the far-flung diaspora. Starting off with a newsletter and a database of South Asian communities across the world, the website will help address issues related to the region and its people.
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Image: Indian student in USA/ Photo credit: Learn Hub
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04-11-2009
Wireless computer labs set up in government-run secondary schools in rural Nepal are helping children get equipped with digital technology. These labs with high speed broadband connectivity enable access to learning materials, as also provide training on basic computer skills.
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Image: Laptops in Nepal/ Photo credit: Design 21
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02-11-2009
A new technology will allow Indian mobile users to communicate and express themselves in their local languages. The service being made available by Tachyon in partnership with Quillpad, will enable easy translation of local words by phonetically ‘typing’ them in English.
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Image: Transliteration technology/ Photo credit: BuisnessLine
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30-10-2009
Green activists are raising alarm over disposal of electronic waste in India. Lack of regulatory mechanisms on curbing illegal imports and recycling norms are exposing people to health and environmental hazards.
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Image: e-waste/ Photo credit: The Dawn
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27-10-2009
The expansion of outsourcing firms into villages and towns in southern India is bringing a perceptible change in the lives of people. By providing training in IT and employment opportunities, these units are helping the rural youth gain financial independence without migrating to cities.
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Image: A rural BPO/ Photo credit: Silicon India
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