e-Education, 2009 EMPOWERING UNPRIVILEDGED YOUTHS IN BANGLADESH THROUGH COMPUTER LITERACY (CLP) PRODUCT DESCRIPTION Volunteer Association for Bangladesh, New Jersey (VAB-NJ) has undertaken a project titled “Empowering Underprivileged Youth in Bangladesh through Computer Literacy” (EUYB-CLP) in rural areas, an initiative in collaboration with D.Net, based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The project is intended to facilitate access to…
e-Governance, 2009 EMPOWERING INDIA PRODUCT DESCRIPTION Empowering India is an initiative to empower citizens with information about political candidates, constituencies, MLAs, MPs, and political parties. The information is presented in a simple and comparative manner so that the voter can make an informed choice during the elections. The information on Empowering India web site is…
e-Learning, 2009 VIDUNENA.LK / FELIDAE PRODUCT DESCRIPTION The educational scenario in Sri Lanka is undergoing many changes and with the rapid spread of the Internet, Vidunena comes as a course which is a special tutorial content in Sinhala language over the World Wide Web. Vidunena is a web based system designed and developed for the…
m-Content, 2009 POCKET TRAVEL ASSISTANT PRODUCT DESCRIPTION If one is frequent traveller and of course possesses a mobile, the name Mobilewish perhaps signifies what every mobile user wishes from the gadget. The easily downlodable application PTA or Personal Travel Assistant could be his/her guide in an unknown place. The PTA encompasses all the information any…
e-Science & Environment, 2009 SAVE THE HILLS PRODUCT DESCRIPTION SaveTheHills (STH) is a registered Kalimpong based NGO working towards raising awareness about landslides in the Darjeeling / Sikkim Himalayas. After its inception in September 2007, STH took up the challenge of sensitizing the affected communities, government and media to this hazard utilizing the tremendous power…
e-News, 2009 GROUNDVIEWS PRODUCT DESCRIPTION Groundviews was launched in November 2006 and is the first citizen journalism website in Sri Lanka. The central idea was to use a blog to publish compelling content in the form of text, audio, video and photos in English, Sinhala and Tamil. The strategy was to raise awareness of the…
e-Localisation, 2009 CHHATTISGARHI KDE 4.2 PROGRAM SUIT PRODUCT DESCRIPTION KDE Chhattisgarhi is a localization project – aimed to remove digital divide from native Chhattisgarhi speaking people of Chhattisgarh. More than 1oo,ooo strings of KDE 4.2 had been translated in to Chhattisgarhi. Now Chhattisgarhi Localized applications are available for Linux / Unix / Windows and Mac.…
e-Inclusion, 2009 DAISY FORUM OF INDIA PRODUCT DESCRIPTION DAISY Forum of India is a forum of Not for Profit organizations involved in production of books and reading materials in accessible formats for the print impaired (persons who cannot read normal print). The forum is striving to provide maximum reading material to persons with print disabilities…
e-Health, 2009 VIDUSUWA – A PATIENT CENTRIC E-HEALTH SOLUTION FOR A DEVELOPING COUNTRY PRODUCT DESCRIPTION The project is based on the concept of a patient centric approach in utilizing ICT and providing a working model developed solely by Sri Lankan professionals in the IT and health sectors. Vidusuwa benefits patients seeking specialized heathcare, who do…
e-Enterprise & livelihood, 2009 ESTABLISHING & OPERATING THE KISAN CALL CENTRE PRODUCT DESCRIPTION Kisan Call Centre Software is an MIS tool capturing the complete milieu of advisory services provided through Kisan Call Centre and providing backend data support to the knowledge worker, while processing queries from the farmers. A central call centre has been established…
e-Culture & Entertainment, 2009 Encyclopedic Archive and e-Journal on Craft, Folk, Tribal Art and Handloom Textiles, India PRODUCT DESCRIPTION The Craft Revival Trust (CRT), established in 1999,works with craft and crafts persons to document oral traditions, analysing and disseminating information and transmitting knowledge of craft, folk and tribal and handloom textile forms. This platform has…
Community Boardcasting, 2009 Video Volunteers PRODUCT DESCRIPTION Video Volunteers based in Goa is working towards creating a sustainable global ‘community media network’. Their innovation is the Community Video Unit model. The organization devises models of sustainable, locally owned media, and develops training programs that give communities journalistic skills, critical thinking and creative skills to run…