Rural Connectivity Hub: Airband Community Centre
TV White Space broadband and a Community Digital Centre bringing internet access, digital literacy, e-government and tele-health to an underserved village cluster.
The Challenge
Spectrum approvals, power cuts, and long-term maintenance of rural digital infrastructure.
What We Are Trying To Do
Establish TV White Space broadband connectivity for an underserved village cluster and build a Community Digital Centre offering internet access, digital skills training, e-government and tele-health services.
Who It Serves
5,000 villagers across 3 village clusters, including 2 government schools and 1 primary health centre.
Key Activities
- Partner with an ISP to deploy TV White Space base stations with solar power backup
- Equip the centre with 20 computers, tablets, and Microsoft 365 nonprofit licenses
- Run weekly digital literacy workshops using Microsoft Learn and LinkedIn curriculum
- Enable e-health teleconsultations and e-agriculture services at the centre
- Train 5 local youth as Digital Mitras (community technology facilitators) with stipends
Targets
Residents connected
5,000 across 3 village clusters (target)
Internet uptime
95%+ monthly (target)
Digital certificates
500+ per year (target)
E-services adoption
60%+ (target)
Digital Mitras trained
5 (target)
Training
Weekly digital literacy workshops using Microsoft Learn and LinkedIn curriculum; 5 local youth trained as Digital Mitras.
Connects with the Digital, Technology & AI school in Learn & Train.
Partnership Opportunities
Microsoft Ask: $100K+ hardware co-funding via the Affordable Access Initiative, 15 volunteer network engineers, Microsoft 365 nonprofit licenses, tablet device donations.
Discuss This ProgrammeNo verified results have been recorded for this programme yet. Targets above represent proposed goals, not achieved outcomes.