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 …
The 35th Vijayawada Book Festival is taking place from 2nd to 12th January 2025, bringing together hundreds of publishers at the Indira Gandhi stadium. We set up a stall to present our initiatives, projects, our ideals and raise donations. Balaswecha handbook We presented our handbook we designed with the help of our volunteers at the stall which attracted attention from …
This call for open licensing was given for authors and publishers during the Vijayawada Book Festival in 2025. For the Telugu version, click here. Knowledge is a public good which should be accessible for everyone. In the digital age, availability of information over the internet leads to better access and progress. Open licensing is one of the best ways to …
2025లో విజయవాడ పుస్తక మహోత్సవం సందర్భంగా రచయితలు, ప్రచురణకర్తలకు స్వేచ్ఛా లైసెన్స్ల మీద అవగాహన ఇవ్వాలని ఈ పిలుపునిచ్చాము. ఇంగ్లీష్ వెర్షన్ కోసం ఇక్కడ క్లిక్ చేయండి. జ్ఞానం అనేది ప్రతి ఒక్కరికీ అందుబాటులో ఉండాల్సిన ఒక ముఖ్యమైన విషయం. డిజిటల్ యుగంలో అంతర్జాలం ద్వారా సమాచార లభ్యత ఎంతో మెరుగ్గా జరుగుతుంది. అందరికీ అందుబాటులో ఉన్న ఈ అంతర్జాలంలో మరింత విలువైన సమాచారాన్ని, విజ్ఞానాన్ని చేర్చేందుకు మేము ప్రయత్నిస్తున్నాం. ఇందులో భాగంగా మీ రచనలను స్వేచ్ఛా లైసెన్సులతో విడుదల చేయమని మేము మిమ్మల్ని …
This post was written as part of the KLU Social Internship organised by Swecha Andhra Pradesh. See outreach dashboard of this internship for metrics or our page on meta.wikimedia.org for more of our activities in Wikimedia. Introduction I am B Suraj Patra, a first-year CSE student at K L University, and recently, I had the incredible opportunity to participate in …
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 …
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 …