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Sarala Baishya, now in her backward 50s, had consistently been abased on her bedmate or sons and daughters for any affectionate of information. Be it the affectionate attributes of the society, benightedness or abridgement of education, the activities of Sarala and abounding others like her in rural Assam had consistently been belted to kitchen and the backyard. However, the women of some alien villages are now accepting to see the apple in a altered way.
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Now they apperceive what is accident about the apple and alike can administer to adjustment the dress actual of their best online application adaptable internet. Thanks to "Internet Sathi", a atypical action accurate by Google and Tata Trust, beneath which some adolescent women and girls are popularising internet amid women in these alien villages.
The Internet Saathi Activity is actuality implemented by Gramya Vikash Mancha in Assam's Nalbari, Kamrup (rural), Barpeta and Baksa districts. Apart from Assam, the activity is actuality implemented in ten states beyond India. About 16,000 women were affianced all over the country as Internet Saathis to run the project.
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"The adorning cold of the activity is amusing empowerment of at atomic 1,20,000 women from 557 villages beneath Nalbari, Kamrup (Rural), Baksa and Barpeta. We are activity to alternation the community, decidedly 90 rural women, about 21st aeon technology, accouterment doorstep Internet to them," Pranjal Chakraborty, activity coordinator of the Mancha, told IANS. He said that 160 Internet Sathis accept been affianced by them so far and these accept affected lives of several thousand Assamese women.
"The Internet Sathis go every morning to the acreage to accommodated groups of women and accomplish acquaintance about the ability anarchy alleged internet. Then they appearance them how to use the internet on their mobiles for altered activities demography from downloading advisory videos from YouTube, analytic for advice of their requirement, be it on apprenticeship or bloom or any added subject," he said.
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A blessed Sarala said: "We accept three adaptable phones in our house. Earlier I did not alike apperceive how to use them. But things accept afflicted afterwards the Internet Sathis started visiting out village. They are absolutely accessible to women like us.
"Now I can chase for advice and I accept additionally learnt how to use Paytm and about added agenda payments methods. I can pay the electricity bill online which saves time and does not crave anyone to angle in the continued queue." Sarala is additionally axis the kitchen garden into a amoebic one with advice from the internet.
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Kabita Bhuyan, who has been an Internet Sathi for six months now, says she finds the job "very interesting" and "great" as she feels that she is allotment of a anarchy to empower women. "I go out about every day to accommodated groups of women and appearance them how to use internet on their mobiles. Most of the women these canicule accept a adaptable buzz but they are now acquainted about how to use the internet which can be a game-changer for them.
"Being a woman, I apperceive the problems of women in our villages. So it's absolutely a abundant activity to advice the womenfolk to see the apple in a altered perspective," she said. As allotment of the project, the Internet Sathis are accustomed a Tablet with 3G connection, two smartphones with 3G connections, a ability coffer to allegation the accessories and a big awning to assure them from the sun and rain. For transport, they are provided a specially-designed bike with a box to backpack the accessories safely.
["400px"]Chakraborty said that the Internet Sathis advise basics of operating a adaptable and abutting to the internet, demography photographs and videos with acute phones, how to chase information, alignment from designs for weavers to amoebic agriculture for home gardeners, from Google.
They are additionally apparent how to download assorted advisory videos from YouTube, do cashless affairs through apps, digitally pay electricity bills and do online shopping. Besides accretion the akin of acquaintance about Internet, the activity additionally aims "to body the administration accommodation of the women and empower them to admission and account their advantaged rights".
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