Gram Vaani worked with Population Foundation of India on Main Kuchh Bhi Kar Sakti Hoon, the super-hit Indian television serial. The serial was supported by an IVR campaign that featured audio versions of the serial and highlighted powerful messages related…
Young people have many questions on their body, relationships, their identities and safer sex, which are, unfortunately, taboo subjects to talk about in India. CREA’s Kahi Ankahi Baatein is a Hindi/English, 24X7 infoline that answers these questions in a safe,…
MAMTA’s Janani Swasthya Sewa is an infoline designed specially for young married women on reproductive health issues such as contraception, birth spacing and pre- and post-natal care. It is also used by ASHA workers (frontline health workers) in Rajasthan and Uttar…
In collaboration with Enable India, we developed an IVRS service specifically for persons with disabilities – Namma Vaani in Karnataka, and Hamaari Vaani in Hindi-speaking states. In less than 2 years, this popular ‘social network’ has been used by over…
Indian cities are bursting at the seams due to migration from rural areas, and slums and unauthorized colonies – already woefully lacking in basic infrastructure and civic amenities – are growing to accommodate this rush. We work with Mahila Housing…
Gram Vaani collaborated with Breakthrough to interact with families and young people in Jharkhand – where 1 in 2 girls in the 15-18 age group is married – to call for an end to early marriage. Over 15,000 users called and participated…
Mobile phones have become instrumental in global efforts to drive awareness and encourage behavior change to build equitable societies across the world. Mobile Vaani has been at the forefront of doing this across India, reaching over 2 million people. As…
by Vani Viswanathan Some 50 kilometres from Delhi – in Sonipat, Haryana – Surendar, a farmer, is wondering what to do about his lemon trees that have perished. Why did these trees die, while others survived? How can he insure…
ICTs for development have evolved through several stages. The very first stage in the mid-2000s was marked with hyped optimism that merely provisioning technology could work wonders by democratizing communication. However, the late 2000s forced a reality check with the…
We are very proud that the GSMA has published a case study and blog about our work. This reinforces our vision of using the mass reach created by Mobile Vaani to build a marketplace of life impacting value added services…