Smart Village Movement – Meghalaya was able to show increased progress with ground projects as the COVID-19
restrictions started to slowly open up. The COVID-19 relief measures in rural Meghalaya by SVM continued with
more strength and support.
- Smart Village Movement – Education courses begin accepting applications for their
courses, organized on collaboration with established organizations. - To fight the COVID-19 wave in rural Meghalaya, Smart Village Movement team makes earnest efforts to help
the rural communities of Meghalaya with COVID-19 relief campaigns and drives for vaccination,
awareness and mobilization. - Hygge’s Solar Panel setups for the Salesforce Educational Labs have moved us one step
closer to the opening of the labs. - Gramin Healthcare Centre organized Pharmacy Health Camps in the villages nearby their
Centre at Sohrarim. - Nordic Asia Impact, a technology, sustainability, and impact leadership-focused
nonprofit Think-and-Do tank has partnered with SVM to create solutions for issues in the rural
communities. - Smart Village Movement is now recognized and featured on leading nonprofit donation platforms –
Benevity and Global Giving. Contributing to our cause of building
Smart Villages has never been easier!
Scroll ahead to read more in our July 2021 Newsletter.
SVM Education Collaborates with Leading Organizations to Bring Professional and Tech Training to Villages
Smart
Village Movement – Education has been working with various established organizations to bring up courses on a
number of different topics with a rural-centric approach to create the Smart Village Centre for
Professional Development & Smart Village Academy. The objective is to bridge the gap in
Professional Education by creating curriculum and courses catering to the needs and aspirations of rural youth.
All our partner companies in the SVM ecosystem would have the opportunity to offer courses through the SVM
platforms. Students in SVM areas of operation are encouraged to take the courses, however at the same time these
courses are open to all. In June, we started accepting applications for 4 courses on various disciplines.
SAVe Foundation’ s CAMP-S
A course for developing business perspectives and global mindset by the professionals from SAVe
Foundation.
Navgurukul’s Meraki
A 3-month readiness program on introductory programming and touch typing.
IBM’s Data Science Course
A beginners Data Science course involving Python language from one of the leading global organizations –
IBM.
Recykal’s Changemakers Course
Recykal, which focuses on waste management, offers knowledge and skills on environmental impacts to
create responsible jobs.
The COVID-19 campaigns and the vaccination drives which were started in May 2021 continued with more coverage in the month of June. With the aim of achieving 100% vaccination coverage in all the villages within our reach, our vaccination drives in June were enhanced with improved vaccination supply which provided us with resources to vaccinate everyone over 18 years of age.
Hygge Energy is creating a renewable energy trading and EV charging marketplace for communities globally that will reduce energy prices for consumers, improve returns for utilities, and increase ROI for solar and other local power generation owners.
The Gramin Healthcare Centre in Sohrarim has been regularly getting growing numbers of patients every day. Along with that, Gramin’s first Pharmacy Franchise Health Camp opened in Laitryngew to a great response from the local community.
SVM, in alliance with the University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business, has entered a technological collaboration with Nordic Asia Impact (NAI), Sweden.
