D4GX 2024 India Empowerment Challenge Winners
We are pleased to announce 9 winners for the D4GX 2024 India Empowerment Challenge.
The 3 grant winners i.e. Youth4Jobs Foundation, Keystone Foundation, and Sustainable Environment and Ecological Development Society (SEEDS) received innovation design grants worth INR 10 lakhs each.
The 6 finalists, i.e. Centre for Civil Society, Slam Out Loud, Impulse NGO Network, Project Second Chance, Mann
Deshi Foundation, and Vaagdhara form the shortlisted cohort.
All the 9 finalists will receive amplification support from Bloomberg, Dasra, Societal Thinking, and Stanford PACS Digital Civil Society Lab's networks, and mentorship support from the Bloomberg Engineering and Global Data teams in India.
If you are interested in finding out more about the applicants or wish to reach out to any of them, please write to us at [email protected].
The 3 grant winners i.e. Youth4Jobs Foundation, Keystone Foundation, and Sustainable Environment and Ecological Development Society (SEEDS) received innovation design grants worth INR 10 lakhs each.
The 6 finalists, i.e. Centre for Civil Society, Slam Out Loud, Impulse NGO Network, Project Second Chance, Mann
Deshi Foundation, and Vaagdhara form the shortlisted cohort.
All the 9 finalists will receive amplification support from Bloomberg, Dasra, Societal Thinking, and Stanford PACS Digital Civil Society Lab's networks, and mentorship support from the Bloomberg Engineering and Global Data teams in India.
If you are interested in finding out more about the applicants or wish to reach out to any of them, please write to us at [email protected].
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DATA TO ENABLE LEARNING & LIVELIHOOD |
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Swarajability: The innovation, SwarajAbility is a collaborative endeavor dedicated to improving the employment prospects and livelihoods of young individuals with disabilities Through the strategic use of technology. SEL Edge: SEL Edge is India’s first analytics platform for educators and administrators, designed to track and enhance students' socio emotional learning (SEL) within the Indian education system. Jeevika App for Street Vendors: Jeevika mobile app was developed through extensive grassroots consultations, tailored to the specific needs of street vendors The innovation provides a legal repository, legal aid, and a Heat Map feature to track harassment trends and empower vendors It |
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DATA TO ENABLE COMMUNITY BUILDING & RESILIENCE |
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Kwol Radio: Kwol Radio is a wireless mesh network in the Irula community village of Garkiyur and surrounding villages in the Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve. Impulse Case Management Centre Software: Launched in 2015 in Assam, the Impulse Case Management Center software combats human trafficking through a central online database.
Project ALT (Access to Legal aid through Tech): Project ALT (Access to Legal Aid through Tech) tackles prison overcrowding and legal aid access issues among marginalized populations It |
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DATA TO ENABLE CLIMATE & SUSTAINABILITY |
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Akshvi: Akshvi, SEEDS' national climate loss open data platform, aggregates citizen led self assessments of losses with observational data to generate actionable insights for government and non-government aid agencies. Agriculture Soil, Water Crop Testing Program: The Agriculture Program by Mann Deshi embodies data driven agricultural innovation Its aim is to grant data access on soil health and water quality to last mile smallholder farmers, enabling informed decisions and agricultural optimization. Kisan Card: ‘Kisan Card’ helps indigenous farmers, particularly women, for their Agricultural Planning, Action, Review, and Reflection by providing insights on soil health, weather patterns, and resource management |