Community-driven programs in South Asia have traditionally used local facilitators to disseminate information and external best practices. However, the massive scale of these programs has made this strategy both a time-consuming and an expensive exercise.
... See More + Livelihoods projects in Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, and Madhya Pradesh have piloted an innovative information and communications technology (ICT) based rural digital libraries project in collaboration with digital green, a non-profit organization in India. Digital green trains members of local communities about group facilitation, videography, and basic video production. These libraries are a decentralized, localized solution that combines the institutional platform with a digital knowledge platform to create multiple nodes of communication and learning in rural communities across the country. These localized solutions are created by face-to face experiments by communities empowering them and improving the adoption rate of new technologies. Leveraging a video production and screening platform, community organizations have started to develop a localized, scalable model for agricultural extension, financial literacy, health and nutritional awareness, and technology and livelihood training.
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