VHA Digital Divide Consult & Connected Device Program
The US Veterans Health Administration's Digital Divide Consult (2020) standardises referrals for free loaned tablets and data. A 2024 cohort study found …
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The US Veterans Health Administration's Digital Divide Consult (2020) standardises referrals for free loaned tablets and data. A 2024 cohort study found …
Hong Kong's 'Smart Silver' programme has reached 150,000+ elderly residents since 2014 via outreach visits, mobile stations and ICT training; the 2025-26 …
Taiwan's Ministry of Education has built 300 Digital Opportunity Centers in 168 remote/indigenous villages since 2005 (NT$6.8bn/US$212m in phase one), across five …
Ask Izzy is a free, anonymous mobile web app from Melbourne-based not-for-profit Infoxchange that helps people experiencing or at risk of homelessness …
World Bank-financed Digital CASA laid 3,000+ km of fibre-optic cable, connecting nearly 4,000 schools, clinics and offices across Kyrgyzstan's seven regions and …
LISTA, Fundación Capital's tablet financial-education app for Colombia's cash-transfer recipients, joined national policy in 2015. A randomised trial of 3,000 women found …
Azerbaijan's ASAN Xidmet one-stop-shop centres, launched in 2012 and backed by mobile 'ASAN' buses reaching rural areas, digitised dozens of services and …
Thailand laid fibre broadband to 24,700 rural villages, paired with cascade digital-literacy training reaching 1.2 million people by 2018 and 13.6 million …
A US$7.3M World Bank-financed subsidy paid operator Digicel to build 59 solar-powered base stations in unserved areas (2014-2015), giving an estimated 500,000 …
The Pacific Regional Connectivity Program built Tonga's first submarine cables (2013–2018), lifting broadband penetration from under 2% to 50% and cutting bandwidth …
ConexiónLab trained 8,926 young Bolivians—5,300+ women—in tiered digital skills using a Miska Mobile School and portable antenna to reach communities with no …
World Bank-funded ($72.4 M IDA, 2017–2024) programme that trained 19,000+ youth at 10 Tech Hubs, cut wholesale internet prices 98% (from $460 …
Uganda's UCC/UCUSAF distributes solar-powered tablets with six months of mobile data to low-income rural households. By December 2023: 10,706 households across 54 …
Tanzania's official eLearning partner providing curriculum-aligned digital content to 3M+ secondary school students in all 25 regions, with an offline LMS for …
Brazil's Ministry of Communications distributes free 20 GB/month e-SIM chips to low-income students (CadÚnico). By end-2024, 159,449 students across 944 schools in …
Ecuador's MINTEL operates 888 community infocentres and 25 megainfocentros across 741 parishes (63% of all parishes), providing free internet and ICT training …
National programme deploying 25,000+ free public Wi-Fi sites across the Philippines, with 900 dedicated access points in geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas …
Colombian national programme delivering computers, tablets and teacher training to public rural schools since 2001; over 2 million devices placed; independent studies …
German mobile digital coaching programme deploying trained volunteers to rural towns (under 50,000 population) to help seniors use digital tools safely; 800+ …
French national programme deploying 4,000 digital advisors in France Services centres and community spaces to support citizens with low digital skills; €200M …
Singapore's IMDA provides free 1-on-1 digital coaching to seniors at 100+ community hubs with subsidised devices for low-income elderly; 210,000+ seniors trained …
CFE TEIT has installed 102,000+ free broadband hotspots across rural Mexico using the Federal Electricity Commission's infrastructure, raising rural internet coverage from …
Rwanda's Digital Ambassadors Programme deployed 1,000 peer facilitators to train 1,567,034 citizens in basic digital skills (2022–2026), raising public e-service adoption from …
South Korea's Digital Baeumteo programme operates 1,000+ community learning centres, training 428,000 people in 2020 and 793,000 in 2022 via free customised …
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