Organisation: The Bombay Mothers and Children Welfare Society
Initiative: Youth Empowerment through E-Learning (Digitally enabled Education without Internet)
Website: www.thebmcws.com
Location: Maharashtra, India
The Bombay Mothers and Children Welfare Society’s initiative — Youth Empowerment through E-Learning (Digitally enabled Education without Internet) and Skill Development aims to overcome the poor infrastructure, dropping attendance, support the educational system with good teaching aids and make dull and dry learning process more engaging. By using tools such as digital education, summer camps, 14 Alexa’s and 34 computers as information source, and science lab equipment — the initiative aids rural Maharashtra’s education system.
Today, 2,284 students are trained with basic MS Office functions, 2,856 students have completed MS-CIT course, 2,360 tribal children are equipped to operate a computer from the Mobile Van circling from one village to another. Furthermore, with the help of YouTube videos, 267 girls have been trained with the nurse training course which requires writing MS-CIT examination by the Maharashtra Govt.