"The Internet has helped the women dream big and I want to help them fulfill their dreams."
Manju, Internet Saathi Program, Barkhera Village Rajasthan
"Earlier I was not allowed to leave the house. Now I am independent and I am able to answer questions without the need to ask someone else.
Decisions are on me now!"
Neenu, UNDP Biz Sakhi Program, Satrod Village Haryana
"This training has had a positive effect on us, I believe that if we continue we can surely curb socially evil practices."
Geeta, UNICEF Smart Betiyan Program, Chichri village Uttar Pradesh
Insights & Assessment
Internet Saathi
NITI Aayog's Program
UNICEF Smart Betiyan
Printer Ajivika Yojna
Chandrakala from Basti District, Uttar Pradesh, is an enterprising business woman who is selling a variety of traditional self-made pickles. Through the Internet she managed to scale up her business significantly. Promoting her products on Whatsapp, they are becoming popular within the whole region and she is receiving more orders than before. Additionally, she has further diversified her business through learning in the Internet how to prepare good quality jams, vinegar and other fruit preservatives.
Chandrakala from Basti District, Uttar Pradesh, is an enterprising business woman who is selling a variety of traditional self-made pickles. Through the Internet she managed to scale up her business significantly. Promoting her products on Whatsapp, they are becoming popular within the whole region and she is receiving more orders than before. Additionally, she has further diversified her business by learning how to prepare good quality jams, vinegar and other fruit preservatives.
Hailing from Chandrapuram village, Nandigama district in Andhra Pradesh, Madhavi has made the most of the Printer Ajavika Yojana and now earns by providing photocopies and printouts in a home-based business format. She is now not only self-sufficient, but also provides a degree of ease to the lives of her fellow villagers, who previously traveled at least five kilometres to get a printout.
Rekha, hailing from Shravasti district, Uttar Pradesh has been part of the Smart Betiyan Initiative. Beating all odds, she has worked towards eradicating the practice of child marriage in her village, while also educating over 813 women about using the internet.
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PRABHAT PANI
HEAD – PARTNERSHIPS AND TECHNOLOGY PLATFORMS
The advisor's role at FREND is missing in the document -Social Prabhat heads the Partnerships and Technology division at TATA Trusts. In this role, he seeks to identify, forge and nurture synergies with like-minded entities, and co-create programmes that benefit the served by Tata Trusts. He has over 30 years of experience, and has held senior roles at TajSATS Air Catering, Ginger Hotels, Tata Teleservices, and Airtel.
Through the Internet Saathi program, Aparna Bankar, also known as 'Padwoman', has learned to process wood pulp into affordable and durable sanitary pads, bringing not only menstrual hygiene to Brahmani village, but also employment, via the set up of a sanitary pad production unit in the village