Sep ’20: Our work with PRADAN, and with Slam Out Loud

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Gramvaani has a rich history of developing mixed media content that includes audio-video stories, developing reports based on surveys conducted with population cut off from mainstream media channels and publishing research papers that helps in changing the way policies are designed for various schemes. Our blog section is curation of those different types of content.

Here are two nice articles on CHIRAG Vaani, running in the Chakai block of the Jamui district in Bihar. In partnership with PRADAN, our ambition is to grow this more widely in the Santhal Parganas:

Short audio clips help students learn in rural Bihar, in Tehelka
How interactive audio helped migrants during lockdown, in VillageSquare
This seminar on youth-led creative learning practices amongst indigenous communities, was fully booked with an audience from 26 countries who attended our presentations. Theatre, mud wall painting, and participatory films, were used alongside the Mobile Vaani IVR and app systems for communities to share knowledge about dietary diversity.

Another nice article about the wonderful work being done by Slam Out Loud on creative story telling, poetry and theater. Slam Out Loud is also using our IVR platforms to reach those cut off due to the digital divide.