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Aboriginal communities in Australia acquire skills for digital storytelling

Aboriginal communities in Australia acquire skills for digital storytelling

January 31, 2020 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Digital Literacy, Indigenous peoples

The SharingStories Foundation works with more than a dozen Aboriginal communities across Australia to support children, young people and elders to record ancient creation stories in new digital formats. Through the SharingStories programme, participants acquire digital skills – including storyboarding, audio recording,…

Costa Rica invests $47.9 million in connectivity initiative for Indigenous territories

Costa Rica invests $47.9 million in connectivity initiative for Indigenous territories

November 29, 2019 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in ICT infrastructure, Indigenous peoples

The Costa Rican Institute of Electricity (ICE) has been awarded $47.9 million to bring telephone and Internet services to Indigenous territories in the south of Costa Rica and near its Atlantic coast. The investment was made through the National Telecommunications Fund (FONATEL),…

Vive Digital Kiosks. Picture by Cronica del Quindio

Six new Vive Digital Kiosks will enable indigenous peoples from Colombia to learn digital skills

July 23, 2018 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Digital Literacy, Indigenous peoples

Six new Vive Digital Kiosks were launched in El Caimo community of Armenia, Colombia. These digital skills hubs are intended to provide indigenous peoples with access to the benefits of information and communication technologies. Currently, around 600 people have access…

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DigiGaon program to provide 700 Indian Villages with access to ICTs

June 15, 2018 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Digital Literacy, Indigenous peoples

The Minister of Electronics and Information Technology of India announced that the initial phase of the DigiGaon project would benefit villages in Haryana, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh states. This initiative is intended to establish digital centers to provide 700 villages…

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Government of Philippines gathers stakeholders to share best practices for digital inclusion

June 14, 2018 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Digital Literacy, Employment and entrepreneurship, Indigenous peoples

The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) of Philippines announced during the recently concluded 13th Knowledge Exchange Conference, that the government would enhance its efforts to emphasize eCenter optimization and modernization of technologies to improve community development in the…

Turkish government and Google launch program to increase digital skills of women village leaders

June 8, 2018 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Indigenous peoples, Women and girls

The government of Turkey and Google launched a digital literacy program that assimilates the Internet Saathi initiative in India, according to the newspaper Daily Sabah. During its first phase, women who are neighborhood and village leaders will be taught how…

Research from Indian Institute of Management studies on adoption of digital technologies in Rajasthan, India

May 9, 2018 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Digital Literacy, Indigenous peoples, Youth and children

A group of students from the Indian Institute of Management in Udaipur, India, conducted a research project about adoption of digital technologies in rural villages. The team contacted 1,250 persons in 104 villages across the districts of south Rajasthan to…

Organization of American States will promote community networks to address digital divide in rural Americas

April 4, 2018 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in ICT infrastructure, Indigenous peoples

The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS) through the Inter-American Telecommunication Commission (CITEL) and Internet Society (Isoc) signed an agreement to collaborate on the creation of at least 15 community networks to provide rural population in Latin…

Free digital inclusion course for rural population in Montes Claros, Brazil

February 14, 2018 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Digital Literacy, Employment and entrepreneurship, Indigenous peoples

The digital inclusion course offered by the Rural Syndicate of Montes Claros in Brazil, is now again open for subscribers and started on January 29, 2018. Anyone over 12 years old can sign up for the training, which shares digital…

More than 3,500 indigenous youth to receive scholarships and digital skills training in Peru

December 5, 2017 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Digital Literacy, Indigenous peoples

The National Scholarship and Educational Credit Program (Pronabec in Spanish) created by the Ministry of Education of Peru has provided 3,559 indigenous youth with digital skills to improve their lives and access government services. Some of the tools that they…

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