15 programmes, four pillars.
We started with connectivity because that is what our parent company knows how to do. We added the rest because a connected village with unsafe water is not a developed one. Every programme is funded with its running costs, not just its launch.
15
Programme areas
11
States
420
Villages engaged
Getting people online, and useful once they are there.
Digital inclusion and connectivity
Internet access, devices and the confidence to use them - for schools, health centres and households that the network reached last.
- 260
- Connectivity sites running
- 310
- Schools connected
Emergency communications and relief
Keeping people contactable when a flood, cyclone or earthquake takes the network down - and getting relief agencies a working line within hours.
- < 12 h
- Target time to first link
- 9
- Responses supported
Skills that lead to work, and work that lasts.
Education and youth skills
Computer labs, teacher support and a route from a government school into a technical job that pays.
- 310
- School labs supported
- 4,800
- Students in the skills course
Women in technology
Training, mentoring and placement for women entering telecom and IT - plus the practical support that decides whether they can accept the job.
- 6,500
- Women trained
- 64%
- In technical roles at 12 months
Livelihoods and rural enterprise
Self-help groups, market access and small business support for households whose income is seasonal and precarious.
- 870
- Self-help groups
- 2,400
- Enterprises supported
Disability inclusion
Assistive technology, accessible learning and employer work - so that a disability does not decide what someone is allowed to do.
- 1,900
- Assistive tech sets issued
- 310
- Placements supported
Care for the people the system reaches last.
Health access
Telemedicine links, screening camps and patient transport for districts where the nearest specialist is a day's travel away.
- 88
- Health centres connected
- 51,000
- Screenings completed
Nutrition and food security
School meals, take-home rations and kitchen gardens, aimed at the years where undernutrition does permanent damage.
- 1.4 M
- Meals served
- 9,200
- Children monitored
Child welfare and protection
Keeping children in school, out of work, and safe online - with a child protection policy that governs everything we do.
- 5,600
- Children in bridge classes
- 83%
- Returned to school
Elderly care and connection
Day centres, home visits and help staying in touch for older people living alone after their families migrated for work.
- 34
- Day centres
- 4,100
- Older people supported
The shared things a village depends on.
Clean water and sanitation
Safe drinking water, school toilets that are actually usable, and the maintenance money that keeps both working.
- 540
- Water points
- 180
- School sanitation blocks
Environment and climate
Tree planting that survives, electronic waste taken back responsibly, and solar power for the community buildings we connect.
- 148,000
- Trees planted
- 79%
- Survival at three years
Animal welfare
Sterilisation, vaccination and veterinary care for street animals, and support for the households whose livestock is their income.
- 22,000
- Sterilisations
- 61,000
- Vaccinations
Arts, culture and heritage
Documenting languages and crafts that are disappearing, and paying the people who still hold them.
- 11
- Languages documented
- 240
- Craft apprenticeships
Rural development
Working with a whole village on what it decides it needs, rather than delivering one programme into it.
- 420
- Villages engaged
- 38
- Integrated villages
Pick a programme and we will tell you exactly what it costs.
Every programme page lists what a contribution actually buys - a school lab for a year, a water point with its maintenance fund, six months of accommodation for a woman starting a field engineering job.
