By Geetanjali | Manager
Dear friends,
Greetings from IDEA!
Our Digital literacy centres are helping hundreds of underprivileged young girls and women become e-literate. This is helping them become a part of the mainstream by ending their marginalization while opening many doors of self-improvement.
We run digital literacy classes teaching basics of computers, internet and useful mobile apps under Govt. of India’s National Digital Literacy Mission which is an ecosystem of digital literacy awareness, education and training programs that is helping many underprivileged people participate in the digital economy. It is helping both rural and urban communities shape a technologically empowered society.
As we are moving towards become a cashless economy, many women from marginalized backgrounds feel alienated, hence we contacted experts from the field of financial literacy who are teaching our women both – advantages of financial prudence, how to save, how to invest and also useful mobile apps for online payments.
One such Financial literacy session was conducted which was attended by girls and women from our skill development courses. They were taught basic concepts of finance through animated videos in their local language which made it easy for them to understand various financial concepts.
Later they were given a demo session on how to use online payment apps which will help them in their day to day life. Many of these girls want to start their small businesses like tailoring shops or tiffin services and for them using these apps will be a great advantage and a good boost to their sales.
Another batch was conducted in a Girls’ school from an underprivileged area in Pune city. These girls never had access to computers and the internet before and were thrilled to learn more about the world of computers. Financial prudence starting at a young age is a good practice and the girls are taking the lessons seriously.
In today’s age, digital knowledge is extremely important to get ahead. Therefore we are striving hard to provide it to as many girls as possible so that they too may leverage this knowledge for their benefit and self-advancement.
Friends, please donate to this project, Let’s make more girls e-literate!
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