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Indian village women establish a cable radio network

Budhikote is a small village 150 km north of India's ICT hub Bangalore where 36 women's self help groups decided to have their own ICT facility.

They contributed 50 rupees every month to establish a cable radio network connecting all the 750 households of the village in order to narrowcast the audio programs produced at the Budhikote Community Multi Media Centre.

The Budhikote project site is among the seven sites selected by UNESCO to asses the impact of ICTs on poverty reduction. UNESCO supported the women groups to acquire computer and the Internet connectivity at the Community Multi Media Centre.

 

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