By Geetanjali | Manager
Dear friends,
Greetings from IDEA!
It delights us to bring to you another report from our computer literacy project. We are on a mission to impart computer literacy to 1000 underprivileged women and girls in India and with supporters like you, we are able to go beyond our target.
We are filled with pride as another batch of ladies successfully completed their computer literacy exam. This exam is designed by Govt. of India’s - National Digital Literacy Mission and has to be taken online.
Women who were scared some months ago to even touch a computer took the exam with absolute ease. This is the result of our computer instructors who very patiently teach the women, both in groups and also individually. No doubt is too small, the students are free to ask questions and they also get personal attention and ample practice time.
In the latest batch which took the exam recently, there were two middle-aged women - Asavari and Deepa. Asavari is a student of our skill development course, she is learning to become a tailor and aims to open her own shop soon.
We convinced her to join the computer course since it will greatly help her in her new business. Deepa lives in a community where our computer center is housed. She came in one day just to find out what we do. Our team convinced her with much difficulty that computer training can be taken by anyone, even a woman of her age.
Both ladies had never touched a computer and were naturally slow to pick up in the beginning but our instructors were equally gentle and patient with them and soon enough fear gave way to curiosity. They began to enjoy the process of learning and were looking forward to the class.
They found that internet surfing is not only easy but extremely helpful. They were happy that they could talk to their children about websites, apps, etc. They learned how to do online payments, skype and book tickets online. This excited them!
Both of them have passed the end of the course computer exam and are eagerly awaiting the certificate distribution ceremony next month. Asavari and Deepa both agree to the benefits of learning computers and say that it has indeed made their life a little easier.
Friends, we request you to donate to this project and kindly spread a word among your friends. Let’s make everyone E-LITERATE!
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