The lockdown has led to a halt in many income generating activities, affecting the marginalised and underprivileged the most. Meanwhile, government has given a relaxation to the MGNREGA workers so that they can resume their work and earn a basic livelihood to sustain amid the pandemic.
Rahul from Raybaka, Rajasthan, is a differently-abled person whose family sustains on pension. But due to the lockdown the banks are open for limited time so he was unable to withdraw money. He then called up our digital center co-ordinator Irfan and sort his help. He then called up our digital center co-ordinator Irfan and sort his help. He asked him not to worry and immediately…
India has been under lockdown since March 24, 2020 to break the spread of Covid-19 infection. While it is the only solution to avoid community spread, many like migrant workers, marginalised communities and poorest of the poor are adversely affected due to the lack of information, livelihood and connectivity.
An awareness program on Corona Virus was held at Kuruvimalai, Tamil Nadu, on March 14, 2020 under the Health pillar. Twenty Seven people were in attendance and was conducted by Roselin, the resource person for this program. The reason for conducting awareness camp was to ensure that correct information…
Smartpur at Ghazipur inaugurated on November 4th 2018. The initiation was made by Sri Manoj Sinha, hon’ble Minister for State Railways and Minister for Telecommunication (independent charge), who was the chief guest for the event along with the team of district…
The Smartpur project is bustling with its initial expansion activities at a PAN India level. At Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh, there are 10 new centres where operations’ work has begun, i.e. setting up of infrastructure, equipment set-up, provision of wireless Internet connection, etc. across the identified 10 villages, and is slated for its inauguration…
A health camp was organised on August 20, 2018, at the Smartpur Hub Center in Tain, Haryana, where 20 patients were provided free consultation and medicines. Another health camp was organised around menstrual hygiene on August 09, 2018 in Smartpur Hub Centre in Asoor…
In Nuh, Haryana, rumour has it that vaccination in children might lead to impotency later. Determined to bust this myth, the Smartpur team in Nuh has made several efforts to bring about a change. Besides interactions with officials from the health ministry and nearby hospitals…
In Nuh, Haryana, a camp was organised where 25 Aadhaar cards were created including Aadhaar cards for children and new born. While in Aasoor centre, Tamil Nadu, a free medical camp was organised in collaboration with Global Hospitals, Chennai and NOKIA Chennai Office.
Smartpur was launched amid much celebration in Tain village of Haryana on May 16 in the presence of Finnish Ambassador Nina Vaskunlahi, Nokia VP & Head of India Market Sanjay Malik, Nokia Head of Marketing & Corporate Affairs Amit Marwah, DEF Founder-Director Osama Manzar and community members.