LifeLines India - on the net

FICCI had organized a seminar on Innovations in ICT in Jan 2009. The aim of the seminar was to discuss potential opportunities for ICT to leapfrog India development in different domains - Education, Agriculture, Health, Governance and Media. It also discussed successful case studies in every domain across different states of India. Over-here, LifeLines India was highlighted as a pioneering effort by One World to provide scientific information in local context and language to Indian farmers using innovative power of ICT. The article is on page 39-41 of the document. To know more on it (Read more...)

As a follow-up to the Virtual Forum on "Mobile Telephony in Rural Areas" in November, Ms. Anna-Maria Walter from e-agriculture.org had the opportunity to speak with Mr. Naimur Rahman, Head of the OneWorld office in South Asia. Naimur shared his experiences from the LifeLines India project and his vision for the future of ICTs in Rural Development with Anna-Maria. (Read more...)

The project aims to provide connectivity, content and capability via a phone-based service. Many poor farmers have been using the service successfully to get solutions from experts for their crop related problems (Read more...)

This information and communication technology (ICT) initiative uses mobile technology and an interactive voice response system to provide academic support and instructional training to rural elementary school teachers in West Bengal, India. (Read more...)

Lifelines India: Success stories of farmers

LifeLines, a technology-based helpline service, is helping initiate a small revolution-of-sorts in the lives of rural communities in India by enabling them with access to critical knowledge and livelihood information just  on the dial of a phone. (Read more...)

BT offers Lifelines to India's farming communities

BT, Cisco Systems and the charity organisation OneWorld have launched Lifelines, a new initiative to support rural communities in India. The project has been developed in support of the United Nation's Millennium Development Goal on digital inclusion. (Read more...)

LifeLines: Communications Technology Bridges the Digital Divide

Providing rural farmers in India with telephone-based expert advice on farming, agribusiness and animal husbandry. (Read more...)

BT provides Lifelines to India’s farming communities: Convergence Plus spoke with Arun Seth, chairman, BT India, to discuss the Lifelines project, which is one of several community initiatives that BT is involved with in India. (Read more...)

BT and Cisco Support OneWorld to Serve Farmers 

OneWorld is an international charitable group that works to promote human rights and sustainable development across the globe. Its network is spread across 5 continents and offers poor people a chance to speak. (Read more...)