Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka

The project aims to have 1000 Nenasala centres in operation by the end of 2010. A majority of the Nenasalas follow a community model where the centres are established in a central place of a village such as a religious institution, public library or a community organization. These centres provide a range of services including high speed internet to access national, local and international information; e-mail; telephone; computer training classes and other ICT related facilities. Content essential to the rural community is available in Sinhala and Tamil language to all users. To solve the affordability gap; a voucher Programme has been introduced to offer free access to services by men, women and children. The Nenasala will act as a resource center to the village to disseminate knowledge and to share information through the Internet, with the ultimate goal of reducing poverty, peace building, economic and social development and improving the IT literacy rate of the country.

Project Results

• 1000 Nenasalas

Project Benefits

• Increase in the IT literacy rate

• Knowledge Sharing

• Easy and affordable access to citizen services

• Access to e-commerce and ICT services leading to job growth in the rural areas Empowering the target groups thru rural development

Visit www.nenasala.lk for details of Nenasalas already established.