Swecha Andhra Pradesh
Swecha Andhra Pradesh
In the wake of the devastating floods in Vijayawada, our team came together to support the communities affected. We aimed not just to provide relief, but to empower individuals and inspire collective action. A Lifeline for Those in Need: The Medical Camp On September 15th 2024, we set up a medical camp in Vambay Colony, Singh Nagar—a community where many …
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 …
Keys depecting licenses. Photo by plenty.r., CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons This post was written as part of Summer Internship 2024 Imagine you’ve created a new software tool to help small businesses with customer support. You’re excited to share it with others, but you also want to make sure your hard work is protected and that people use it …
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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 …
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Bridging the digital divide
We are building community networks in remote parts of the state.