Our work in Uttar Pradesh.
Our home state and the largest programme. Connected Classrooms and First Job both started here.
96
Villages
2019
Working here since
3
Programme areas
What we run in Uttar Pradesh.
3 of the 15 Foundation programmes run here, chosen with the district administration and the panchayats we work through.
Digital inclusionDigital inclusion and connectivityInternet access, devices and the confidence to use them - for schools, health centres and households that the network reached last.Read the programme
EducationEducation and youth skillsComputer labs, teacher support and a route from a government school into a technical job that pays.Read the programme
LivelihoodsLivelihoods and rural enterpriseSelf-help groups, market access and small business support for households whose income is seasonal and precarious.Read the programme
What the work involves.
Who this is for
Rural schools, primary health centres, low-income urban wards, and households with no prior internet use.
- 01
Community connectivity points
Broadband or fixed-wireless links at schools, health centres, panchayat offices and libraries, with a trained local steward for each site.
- 02
Device libraries
Refurbished laptops and tablets lent out the way books are, so a family does not need to own a device for a child to practise on one.
- 03
Internet literacy classes
Short, practical courses: government portals, banking safety, spotting fraud, video calls to relatives, finding work.
- 04
Public Wi-Fi in underserved wards
Free access points in dense urban wards where households cannot carry a monthly data cost.
- 05
Site upkeep and repair
A maintained fault line, spare hardware and an annual service visit, so a site that goes down comes back.
Named projects in this state.
Scaling · since 2020Connected Classrooms
A connected, maintained computer lab in every government secondary school in the districts we work in.
- 310
- Labs
- 94%
- Still running at 12 months
- 78,000
- Students with access
- 3 yr
- Funding commitment
Scaling · since 2020First Job
A sixteen-week telecom and IT course for school leavers, ending in a placement and a year of mentoring.
- 4,800
- Graduates
- 71%
- Placed in 6 months
- 12 mo
- Mentoring
- 38
- Hiring partners
Fund a district in Uttar Pradesh.
CSR spend is often tied to a geography. If yours is tied to this state, we can propose a scope, a budget and a reporting schedule within a week.
