Jeevan Asha Computer Literacy Project - Pench M.P.

Computer literacy is a must-know skill in today’s world with increasing systems of day-to-day life going digital.

In today’s world of rapid developments in technology, there are still hundreds and thousands of marginalized people in India who neither have access to nor can afford computer literacy and skills to better their lives. The government schemes are mostly available online, which people from underprivileged communities are unable to access. Kohka Foundation imparts free and quality computer knowledge and skills to these groups in Seoni and Mumbai.

A majority of our beneficiaries have no exposure to computers living in tribal areas. With the aim to equip our students for the future, Kohka Foundation started offering a 20 -Day Basic Computer Course to all government high schools of Seoni District. As of November 2022, 5000+ students covering 13 High Schools,2 colleges, District Jail and Correction Home have successfully completed our training. 

We have at the moment 20 laptops. We station ourselves in rural government schools/colleges for 6 months and conduct 20 Day Hands-on Computer Program for all the Secondary School/College Students and post that we move on to the next school.

A large part of such a program is also our outreach efforts to first get in touch with pockets of communities that require our help, to vet the individuals attending these classes, to ensure consistency and regularity of students, and finally to even attempt at providing employability after the end of these batches. 

This program is extremely well-received and successful. We have been running this program since 2016.

We now plan to add 20 more laptops so that we can add one more Jeevan Asha Computer Literacy Centre in Seoni, MP.

Jeevan Asha Impact:

• It being a complete hands-on training makes it interesting and worthwhile.
• Classes in a complete WiFi environment are very well accepted and children look forward to attending them.
• Since we work out of 20 Laptops we are not stationary and we keep moving to villages/towns and are able to cover more areas and students.
• Most of the beneficiaries now have their Email IDs and they communicate with us using the same. 
• Our program is aligned with Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan.
• This is the first step towards employability as most of the exams are going online and Basic Computer Knowledge is now a must for all competitive exams.
• We will be introducing basic programming, tally, and photoshop in our programs.
• MP Online Kiosk is also a part of our program. This will help in self-employment.