SIRI Online

"SIRI Online" is a social entrepreneurial wing of SIRI that provides support on ICT services, training for local youth, women. Providing computer training, digital marketing training using smart phones, photo-videography and editing, online outsourcing, SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) to the educated unemployed youth so that they can become Smart Entrepreneurs. Through this wing SIRI provides minimum fee or free training to youth and women especially those living in CHAR and Dam areas on priority basis. Providing year-round support to trained youth and women in their ICT based entrepreneurial activities to make them income oriented as well as Smart Entrepreneur. Underprivileged women are given priority in all training programs for women empowerment. SIRI Online provides assistance to some other NGOs in implementing their projects both in technical and programmatic areas and assists in designing and implementing innovative projects for the betterment of this area.

Under this wing SIRI successfully implemented some projects, such as Online Outsourcing for Youth, Blended education, combining practical science experiment using low-cost materials, education with ICT for primary and secondary level students, is another important project. The organisation had opportunity to provide technical support to the project "Online Video Tutorial for Science Laboratory Experiment" funded by the “Access to Information (a2i)” Programme and later funded by the “ICT Division” Agargaon, Dhaka.

SIRI Gaibandha Foundation

“SIRI Gaibandha Foundation” runs as a social entrepreneurial programme to support to women handicraft entrepreneurs. SIRI linked entrepreneurs with local, regional and national markets to increase their product selling rate at profitable prices. Online shopping has grown significantly during the last couple of year right after the Corona Virus Pandemic. Rural marginal entrepreneurs are losing a large portion of the sales and marketing of their products due to a lack of proper knowledge about Digital Marketing skills and the ability to operate smart devices. Analysing current shopping trends of targeted customers, Handicraft opened an online social media page to recover the sales rate of rural entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs who have smart devices and internet access are linked to various famous Facebook Groups, Pages with the support of Handicraft. They are introduced to digital marketing and operating smart devices. Some of them also become part of the digital marketing chain. This initiative scalesup Handicrafts Entrepreneurs do not have access to the supply chain as well as digital marketing. At present, a total of 854 female Handicraft Entrepreneurs are working in the rural areas of Saghata Upazila.

EngCrazy

"EngCrazy" People are crazy for learning English! To ensure students of all levels in rural areas have the opportunity to learn Modern English, SIRI launched EngCrazy as a wing offering courses on Basic English Grammar and Spoken English. EngCrazy also offers some Modern English Courses on its YouTube channel and Facebook page. So, adolescents, youth and job seekers have the opportunity to learn English through blended learning methods using computers, apps on smart devices, internet and traditional methods. They are introduced to different platforms to share knowledge with native and other communities in social media groups. SIRI aspires to develop cordial relations with some voluntary organisations like BANDHAB in Denmark to improve listening and speaking skills of learners through video chatting with fluent and native or similar English speakers. This environment will help to understand each other's social status, community development and environment, foreign lifestyle etc. Above all, students can develop friendly relations with people of different ethnicities.