Local Language Content Development Bridging the Digital Divide Regional Conference on Localized ICT Development and Dissemination across Asia Vientiane, Laos, 15.01.09

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Local Language Content Development Bridging the
Digital DivideRegional Conference on Localized
ICT Development and Dissemination across
AsiaVientiane, Laos,15.01.09
Presented By Md. Masum Billah D.Net (Development
Research Network) masum_at_dnet.org.bd
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livelihood Information Delivery from Telecentre

• JEEON-IKB Digital online/offline livelihood
  content in Bangla language
• Oral
• Printed

Villagers browsing livelihood content with the
help of Infomediary
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Help Line

• Mode of Helpline
• Mobile to Mobile (Instant)
• Mobile to Mobile (3 days)
• Mobile to Letter/Email (7 days)
• Letter/Email to Letter/Email (20 days)

livelihood Information delivery through helpline

• Community People can contact and consult with
  expert if they have any query form telecetre or
  through mobile lady

Mobile Infomediary helping the villager for
asking livelihood queries to the Help Desk
Expert responding villagers queries from Help
Desk at Dhaka
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Who is working in Pallitathya Kendra
?Information intermediary

• Infomediary (a group of information worker) is
  assisting the people for receiving services from
  Pallitathya Kendra. Infomediarys ..
• selected from their own locality
• educational background minimum HSC
• capable to operate computer
• quick learner and adaptation capacity
• committed and willing to work with rural people

• Number of Infomediary is working in the
  Pallitathya Kendra
• 1 Centre Manager
• 2 Infomediary
• 1 male and
• 1 female
• 1 mobile lady

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Mobile Lady/Info-Lady

• Info-Lady is a mobile telecentre
• She moves from door to door with a eee PC
  (Net-book) with internet, Camera, content in the
  eee PC, and a mobile phone.
• Info lady delivers content directly from eee pc
  and through helpline.

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Where Infomediaries are using Jeeon-IKB
Villagers need information at the point of their
need
Infomediary briefing in a regular meeting with
villagers
Villagers come to Pallitathya Kendra for
suggestions and advice
Feedback
Research Content Development
Helpline
Help Desk
Issue based camping link with local service
providers
Mobile Infomediary at door to door for reaching
the un reached
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Thank You
Email masum_at_dnet.org.bd
Visit for detail www.jeeon.com www.dnet.org.bd www
.pallitathya.org www.bdresearch.org www.abolombon.
org