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MANAGE

India, Local information to disadvantaged communities

Keywords:- Information kiosks, human rights, agriculture, extension

MANAGE: to groups increase rural farmers access to information services.

Digital Village: to provide training in and access to information and communication technology to previously disadvantaged communities.

As an experiment in information extension, Manage has also set up a network of information kiosks. 

This is another case where the availability of the kiosks is leading to timely and effective local information.  There are clear examples of villagers accessing their rights, to loans, grants, subsidies, information. 

To view the four page summary as a pdf  (please note the size is 152K)           

To view the full case study notes 

To go to the MANAGE website

Please note - the videos below are such that you need a 128K line or better to stream them.  If you wish to see them and have a slower line, choose the option to download and then play them.

Video: A Hari Krishna is IT facilitator at the Shamirpet information kiosk.

Video: Dr V. P. Sharma, Head of IT for MANAGE, discusses how he sees the future of rural telecentres in India.

Video: Sumathi Kavali, manager of the Shamirpet MACTCS, describes the need for materials in local languages.

 

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