Etisalat launches Android Village Hubs

Etisalat in partnership with Sarvodaya-Fusion, the ICT arm of the Sarvodaya Movement, launched the Etisalat Android Village Hub recently.

The program is designed to create information and telecommunication resource hubs in the villages with the aim of empowering and connecting communities using Android Technology.

Etisalat will distribute Android Tablets to families in villages identified by Sarvodaya-Fusion and each family will be trained on how to use the device, understand and apply the internet to their day-to-day activities and maximise on Android applications. The Tablets will be circulated among 20 selected families in each village with each family receiving the device for a period of two weeks, during which time they will get an opportunity to experience its benefits.

Project coordinators at Sarvodaya-Fusion will visit families weekly to assist with knowledge development and device utilisation. The pilot project of the Etisalat Android Village Hub was launched in the villages of Bathiyagama in Kantalai and the Niramisiya Sarvodaya Society in Nattandiya.