Swecha Andhra Pradesh
Swecha Andhra Pradesh
The entire world’s knowledge can now be accessed over the internet or through digital infrastructure. Computers and IT being the central for the development today, there is a huge gap persisting in society as many are not in reach or having access to digital knowledge systems and learning environments. To bridge this divide, Swecha AP proposes to set up ‘Community …
Case Study from October 2024- By KLGLUG Team Be A Maker It is an exciting new initiative which was unfolding and It encourages children in government schools to identify the challenges they face in their daily lives and come up with creative solutions through brainstorming. Over the span of four days, the event fosters innovative thinking, helping the students approach …
I want to present our experience on how Free and Open Source Software and Open Knowledge Systems worked as a catalyst in our mission to bridge the digital divide through Community Networks. Dates back to 2016 when we advocated community networks and Freedombox as tools to combat surveillance. But later we went on to implement in rural areas as Public …
To aid our efforts in the Balaswecha initiative, we decided to create a workbook for school level students to help them in learning computers better. Our volunteers spent several weeks in designing the structure of the book, content, assessments, interesting quizzes, and a lot more. The contents of the book are entirely based on free software and we utilised freely …
The history One year ago, we visited some remote places in Andhra Pradesh, India where there is no cellular connectivity, to set up community-run, wireless networks. The idea was to provide access to offline-only digital-content with the help of freedom box server with a wireless local area network using long range outdoor Wi-Fi antennas. In some villages, there was a wired optical …
A recent pilot study conducted in a remote, hilly region with limited external communication highlighted the complexities of digital adoption and empowerment. While the initial roll out of a community network, providing internet access, saw promising early adoption, particularly for entertainment platforms like YouTube, the subsequent decline in usage exposed underlying challenges. It became evident that network and bandwidth constraints, …
Its somewhere around 2021 a five members from Swecha AP and KLGLUG (KLU GNU/Linux Users Group) went on a journey to a tribal interior and a scenic area called Maredumilli in Andhra Pradesh to understand the cultures and living style of people. In that process we went deep inside the the villages and spoke with few people. While we kept …