Field notes from the edges of the work.
Our blog: case studies, methods, opinion. About one a month, dating back to 2016.
- Community MIS
End hunger, achieve food security & improved nutrition & promote sustainable agriculture
23 December 2018 · Mahiti team
On Kisan Divas, observed on 23 December, organisations across India gather to discuss farmers' rights, agricultural practice and policy. Mahiti has been providing technology for the agriculture sector since 1998. This post walks through how the Convene MIS platform supports Farmer Producer Organisations to deliver against Sustainable Development Goal 2.
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Impact of technology in the social sector — workshop at Kristu Jayanti College
19 July 2016 · Asish Jacob
On 8 July 2016 Mahiti's Executive Director Sreekanth S Rameshaiah delivered a special lecture and Convene demo to Masters Social Work students at Kristu Jayanti College, Bangalore. A note from Asish Jacob (MSW, Assistant Project Coordinator) on what the room asked and what the students walked away with.
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Sustainable Development Goals & technology for development
17 May 2016 · Julie Marie George
Julie Marie George on coming around to technology after 35 years in the development sector. From watching mobile arrest gender-based violence two decades ago, to the SDGs explicitly invoking ICT in Goals 2, 3, 4, 5b and 9 — a personal note on where the field is finally headed.
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Magento payment-gateway extension — baked at Mahiti, free to download
17 May 2016 · Chethan Elvis Das
Mahiti has shipped a free BillDesk payment-gateway extension for Magento. Two-person months of work, clean code, dynamic merchant configuration — available on the Magento Marketplace at no cost.
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Scripting a new life on a 'Magic Slate'
26 April 2016 · Mahiti team
Samraksha and Mahiti's 'Magic Slate' programme trained 55 women from northern Karnataka on tablet-based literacy, internet and soft skills. Seema Devi (name changed) on what changed in 18 months when the tablet entered the household.
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Against all odds
22 March 2016 · Mahiti team
Sujata Sahu, a US-returned techie, walked through treacherous mountain passes in northern India and changed her life — and the lives of children across some of the most isolated communities in Ladakh. Mahiti is proud to be technology partner to the 17000Ft Foundation she set up.
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