HOW VENTURE PHILANTHROPISTS USE DESIGN THINKING TO HELP SOLVE REAL-WORLD PROBLEMS

摘要

Travel northeast out of New Delhi, and long after the paved toads have given way to dirt, you'll reach Thathia, a tiny village in Kannauj. Tucked away beside the sacred waters of the Ganges, it's an impoverished rural district in one of the poorest states of India, Uttar Pradesh. Less than 20% of people read. Infant mortality is 8.5%, nearly the highest in the country. Disease is rampant, This is where Garima Devi runs her Drishtee Telekiosk, a humble office from which she offers Internet access and technical support. Villagers walk miles to get her help, according to Drishtee CEO Satyan Mishra, I need a loan because my sugar cane crop failed, someone will say, My husband has died and the pension never came. My son lost his job; can he get computer training? Devi, who is 21, listens, then logs on to her computer and goes to work.