My Country My Village

LOCATION: Dhaka,Chittagong,Rajshahi,Barisal,Khulna,Sylhet,Rangpur, Bangladesh

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"My Country MY village" is the first project of its kind that takes computers and web access to the lowest income group and empowers them it creates the virtual market to alleviate poverty and generates employment.

Standings & Awards

54 out of 1313 in Asia
19 out of 268 in Economic Dev
47 out of 573 in Pilot
65 out of 1066 in Blended
147 out of 4003 Overall

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Amar Desh Amar Gram (My Country My Village)

E-commerce will overcome significant challenges to Community Economic Development (CED) and will achieve MDGs

My Country My Village” creates a virtual marketplace named as Amar Desh eSHOP for better economic opportunities for the farm producer rural communities of Bangladesh. Everyday villagers come with their products (anything they produce even if it is just a gourd) and catalogue it on the internet at the e-Centre. A city buyer, may be hundreds of miles away, glances through the catalogue and places an order with an electronic card. In less than two days the person receives the product which otherwise may be available at a higher price from the city markets. Back in the village, the producer receives a fair price as the money gets electronically transferred through a highly secured e-commerce payment gateway to the producer’s bank account upon delivery. The journey does not end there, the centers that control this supply chain is controlled by youths that are trained it to the infinite world of ecommerce, they themselves go on teach others, schools are handed out free softwares that the students benefit from and the wide world of digital technology becomes a reality for them. This unique and first of its kind ecommerce based poverty elevation project not only provided empowerment but also creates a new generation of entrepreneurs among the youth who can then strive for self sufficiency.The project creates and facilitate a new set of entrepreneurs in the rural area and specifically opened up employment opportunities for women in rural areas. It was also observed that the project is getting more acceptance over the period as the Project website has seen 29% increase in traffic (per month) from December 2010 to the month July 2011 and till date, the Amar Desh website has made the sales worth 12, 50, 000 taka . In the long run, the project will be able to bridge the digital divide and will be able to take the technology to its end users.The project Amar Desh Amar Gram is broadly categorized and run under three main programs, namely Amar Desh eSHOP (online platform for rural trade), eDesh (country wide web portal) & Ami Hobo Shonirbhor ( ICT training for rural Development).

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1. What is your innovation?

E-commerce have been implemented so many times , so many countries but it is very rare and in our country we are the pioneer to take e-commerce to mass people. In a country like Bangladesh, just introducing e-trade or popularizing the concept is innovative on its own. On top of this we are taking the technology to the masses of people in the rural areas to enable them to do e trade. It never happened in Bangladesh retailer Customers buying directly from the producers 1000 miles away

2. Who gains the most?

Underprivileged women who are restricted at home and spent most of their time in domestic household works are now incoming sitting at home. More than 20, 000 women (3350 women are already registered) will have access to market and sell their hand made products.1330 registered farmers across the country in our 6 centres, Local youth 7-9 individuals in rural area will be employed by each e-centres..84000 community members are served.So all the numbers will increase when we can cover 64 centers

3. Who pays?

All our projects are totally funded by ourselves so far as donation to try to change the lives of other less fortunate.Our project is benefitting low income people mainly as producers and also as consumers. At this time there are 650-700 customer orders per week mainly from urban areas. Most of the producers around 5500 registered at e-shops are now earning a higher income than what they used to through the usual value chains.

4. What is your success?

We have established 7 e-center with more than 5500 enterprenuers. From each center we are serving local communites ,school and colleges providing websites and softwares build by the local e-center by the local youth, 834 above students being trained. 84000 local cumminity people are served from 7centers. 12 months: Due to lack of fund and infrastructure support we are not able to scale up this project but if we can make more 64 centers all the numbers will be increase from the present numbers.

5. How will you do it?

By scaling up the infrastructure and creating establishment as e-centers to 64 districts will create a network and thus will break the technology divide and will take technology to the end users .It will create a new revolution which will effect directly to employment generation ,economic development and empowering underprivileged women and will solve youth frustration.The centers itself will be a place to serve commerce,education,entertainment,e-government ,news center and data center.