Google awarded Rs 3 crore each to four social organisations that are using technology to solve some of the world’s most socially pertinent issues.
1. Integrated water and sanitation systems for Indian villages
Social Awareness; Newer Alternatives, aimed their project at providing clean drinking water and sanitation infrastructure in rural India through solar-powered micro-ionising water purification and biodigesting technology.
2. Motorbike science labs to for rural kids
Dubbed as Agastya, this Bangalore-based NGO conduct the world’s largest hands-on science programme for financially underprivileged children. Through an interactive and innovative curriculum they seek to empower and stimulate their thinking.
3. Improve agricultural training through audio visual training tools
Digital Green Trust , as it is called, hopes to provide Indian farmers with necessary agricultural skills to help cut costs and improve productivity with the help of a video hub and online knowledge base. They aim to reach out to over one million farmers across 10,000 villages.
4. Apps to connect citizens with the government
The Janaagraha Center for Citizenship and Democracy will be working on creating online and mobile apps which will allow users to provide detailed feedback to their government representatives. With this technology, they hope to reach out to 15,00,000 citizens across metro cities over the next three years.
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