Purulia: Google
India and Tata Trust has launched a joint digital literacy programme named
‘Internet Saathi’, which is all set to roll out across 400 villages and reach
one lakh women in Purulia district in West Bengal in the next few months.
“In the next
few months, we will see the project roll out across 400 villages and reach one
lakh women in Purulia,” said Sapna Chadha, head of marketing, Google India, at
the launch of the Bengal leg here on Wednesday.Under the programme, women are
trained to learn and explore various uses and benefits of the Internet. After
covering nine States, the programme will now be made available in West Bengal,
Assam, Uttar Pradesh and Tripura.
As per EXIN
Times, women will be selected and trained to become adept in using the Internet
on smartphones and tablet devices. These women will further coach other women
in their villages and neighbouring hamlets.
Ganesh
Neelam, Head-Innovation at the Tata Trust said, “This has a ripple effect among
the community and is a sustained, long-term effort through which these women
get comfortable in using a smartphone. They use it to access services such as
healthcare, agriculture and educational resources etc.” Neelam said the
challenges include cutting across the language and cultural barriers and mobile
connectivity in remote villages. Indumati Mahato, hailing from West Bengal’s
Purulia district, said she did not shy away anymore from going online, courtesy
the ‘Internet Saathi’ which helped her use the Internet on her smartphone and
ensure a safe delivery of a woman in her village.
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