1. Community Information Resource Centre CIRC *Operating in 20 STATES across India *Opened 100 CIRCs since 2007 The CIRCs are ‘digitally enabled community resource centers’, run by and for the Community to ensure bottom up empowerment through information & ICT services

2. Why CIRCs?  To bridge the ‘DIGITAL DIVIDE’ in marginalized communities  To provide Digital Literacy  To provide Information Services  To provide Digital Services  To empower Marginalized Sections through ICT

3. CIRC COMPONENTS  Digital Literacy Mission (DLM)  Digital Panchayat  eNGO  W4C  Citizen Media Network (CMN)

4. What @ CIRCs?  Literacy  Information  Capacity Building & Skill Development  Entrepreneurship and livelihood generation  Serives (Internet, Computer, Social Media etc..)  Social Togetherness  Campaign & Advocacy

5. Services @ CIRCs Digital Services (DS)  Online Services: Banking, Ticketing & Booking- railways, bus, movie, hotels etc…)  Access to Relevant Information  Printing / Photo Printing/ Scanning of the documents  Filling online applications  Online Learning and Practice Centre  Digital Public Library  Social Entertainment- Youtube

6.  Education  Health  Employment  Environment  Government Policies & Programmes  Political Rights  Agriculture Information Services Services @ CIRCs

7. Main Beneficiaries  VILLAGES  GRAM PANCHAYAT  YOUTH  MINORITIES (Tribals, OBCs, SCs, STs, Women & Children)  GRASSROOT NGOs  SELF HELP GROUPs  LOCAL SCHOOLS, INSTITUTIONS & ORGANIZATIONS  BELOW POVERTY LINE (BPLs)  FARMERS, FISHERMEN, LABOURERS  ASHA WORKERS, AANGANWADI WORKERS & NREGA WORKERS

8. Impact  More than 10000 digital literates since 2007  More than 10000 citizens availed information services  More than 500 NGOS empowered digitally  More than 18000 availed digital services  Trained and capacitated more than 20 digital reporters  More than 8000 empowered with livelihood opportunities  More than 5000 women empowered with ICTs  Initiated community library initiatives  Digitized 4 public libraries in last one year (serving over 500 individuals)  Oriented over 1,8000 women towards ICT

9. Sustainability through Partnership  Training partnership  Services partnership  Knowledge partnership  Technology partnership  Media partnership

10. DIGITAL LITERCAY

11. LIVELIHOOD GENERATION

12. DIGI VAN

13. REACHING THE UNREACHED

14. MEDIA COVERAGE

16. CONTACT Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) 44, II & III Floor Kalu Sarai, Near IIT New Delhi-110016 Telefax: 91-11-26532786/87I Email: def@defindia.netdef@defindia.net Web: www.defindia.netwww.defindia.net