iMerit Profile

iMerit is a technology services social business that empowers women and marginalized communities through sustainable livelihood opportunities. This is Musarral Jahan’s story.

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Lauren Farwell

Lauren created an online archive of photographs taken during the field experience in visits to rural centers and in interviews, which the social enterprises can use for marketing in the future. She also wrote two articles highlighting the business model and stories of transformation as a result of the impact of the two enterprises. Lauren will also create a storyboard of “A Day in the Life of an iMerit Employee” to encourage Anudip students to pursue a career at iMerit. Employees and Entrepreneurs and A Woman’s World document Lauren’s experience and research with iMerit.

Melissa Bica’s Text 2 Learn

Drawing on experiences at Anudip, Melissa Bica partnered with Lizzy Donahue for their senior design project in computer engineering: “Text 2 Learn.” They received a Roelandts Grant for this project, which is now archived to your left.

Books can be an invaluable source of learning. However, in many developing countries, books are rare. In countries with lower literacy rates, publishers often cannot justify the expense of printing books in a local language, and consequently the only books available are in a common international language such as English. Poor infrastructure creates another barrier to distribution in rural areas, and even in heavily populated cities the high price of books (relative to income) drives people to non-consumption. Clearly, hard-copy books are not an effective way of addressing lack of access to books in these countries, and a new solution is needed. Our solution to the lack of access to books in developing countries is to develop a mobile app for reading books on any phone, with minimal data usage and quick accessibility.

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2013 Anudip Experience