Drishtee
Providing villages in rural India with health-related services and information
- Company
- Healthcare
- India
- 2006
- Exited
The challenge
India’s 638,000 villages are home to more than 775 million people. Nearly half of this population survives on less than $1 a day. According to surveys, the average villager earns spends 80% of their income on subsistence items like healthcare, housing, and food.
The innovation
Drishtee builds service kiosks that provide access to Internet connections, consumer products, and critical community services. Offerings include computer education, English education, e-governance, health check-ups, and a wide range of consumer goods such as groceries, cosmetics, mobile phone recharge coupons, and rechargeable torches and batteries. Local entrepreneurs run the Drishtee kiosks.
The impact
Drishtee has a strong presence in three states – Assam, Bihar, and Uttar Pradesh – and more than 14,000 entrepreneurs currently registered in the network.