Gram Vaani conducted the Oxfam Free Medicine Campaign in partnership with Oxfam, where GV solicited feedback and comments from people in the context of the...
Say What ‘You’ Need to Say
Where would it have happened that an unknown person from Jharkhand could question the Union minister of Education? We made this possible through our technology.
Social networks for Agriculture Revolution
The majority of India’s rural population (some 770 million people or about 70 percent) constitute the vast majority of the poor in the country whose...
Agriculture advisory for smallholder farmers
Most farmers struggle with getting accurate and localised information on their farming practices, on crop diversification or opportunities for new cash crops.
Idea #3 — Using ICTs to improve the design and monitoring of development programmes
Thousands of NGOs and development organisations across India interact with the grassroots everyday - with people, their influencers, their local leaders and government bodies -...
Voices from Mobile Vaani: Are PACS the farmers’ panacea that was promised?
In the weeks since the Kisan Long March, we at Mobile Vaani reached out to farmers in Bihar to ask what were the biggest issues...
Voices from Mobile Vaani: Discussing the gender pay gap in Indian informal economies
Not only are wages in the country low in general, women get even lower wages than men.
Idea # 4: Using Community Media to Build Community Institutions for Development
What is common among these three stories from different parts of Bihar, Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh, is that community volunteers associated with Mobile Vaani helped...
Punji ki Kunji: Engaging with MFI Clients to Change their Lives
Gaurang wants to know what is the process for getting a loan from a Microfinance Institution. Radha wonders why nearly one month since her application...
