Senior citizens often face troubles with using technology. Some struggle to download new applications, and others even to send a simple text message. Fourteen-year-old Tanvi Arvind’s grandparents found themselves in a similar predicament.
In 2018, Tanvi, a resident of Chennai and student of Class IX, was visiting her grandparents in Bengaluru during her summer break. That’s when she noticed how they were struggling to send a message through their smartphones, which they found to be too confusing. So she took it upon herself to help them navigate their phone.
“I taught them all the basics — from unlocking the device to opening an application, typing a message, using voice dictation, and even adding events on the calendar. In the end, they were very happy and thankful that I had taught them patiently,” Tanvi says.
The same year, she attended a 25-day event organised by Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA). “It was after this…