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May252017

Partnering for Change through Community Networks: The Wireless for Communities Project (W4C)

Media CoverageBy Rahul ChaudharyMay 25, 2017Leave a comment

With a population of more than 1.3 billion people, India presents one of the biggest challenges to the endeavor to connect the next billion people to the Internet. Especially given the fact that 67% of all Indians reside in small, often rural, villages, community networking is proving to be a vital tool to assist in…

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Apr122017

Bringing the internet to a remote corner of India

Media CoverageBy Rahul ChaudharyApril 12, 2017Leave a comment

A salt pan worker of the agariya community in Gujarat works in the remote and arid Little Rann of kutch, Gujarat. Children of these workers accoumpany their parents for nearly eight months of the year during the salt farming season. Sheltered beneath a canvas sheet to escape the blistering desert sun, miles from any roads…

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Apr112017

Salt farming season in remote Indian community

Media CoverageBy Rahul ChaudharyApril 11, 2017Leave a comment

Indian salt pan workers of the Agariya community in Gujarat work in the remote and arid Little Rann of Kutch (LRK) region for nearly eight months of the year during the salt farming season. India is ranked third in gross amount of salt produced in the world, behind China and the United States, and the…

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Apr92017

Tublo Sir is in the Class

Media CoverageBy Rahul ChaudharyApril 9, 2017Leave a comment

Four-year-old Vishnu Kabaliya recites the “Barakhadi” (the Gujarati alphabet set) in complete sync with the audio and colourful animation popping up on the tablet on his lap. Sitting cross-legged on a brown jute bag, he has a vice-like grip on the tablet, preventing his classmates from even touching it. “I like watching Motu Patlu (an…

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Mar222017

How One Man Is Helping Salt Farmers in Rann of Kutch Get Online

Media CoverageBy zero-adminMarch 22, 2017
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