ICT Projects for Social Change PDF

**Module 17 ICT Projects for Social Change** **Social change** is the alteration of the social order of a society which may include changes in social institutions, social behaviors or social relations. Sustained at a larger scale, it may lead to social transformation or societal transformation. **...

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