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software that support Ol Chiki, where we hosted the SOHAGEE
making it easier for Santhali Unicode font, keyboard layout
speakers to communicate, write, file and other supporting files. To
and share content online. expand the reach, we conducted
Successful Initiatives outreach events in public
Promoting the Santhali gatherings within the Santhal
Language Digitally community. As a result, modern
The desire to express cultural devices began supporting
identity through language led OLCHIKI. In 2017, volunteers from
to the formation of OL_CHIKI_ India, Nepal, and Bangladesh
TECH, supported by R. Ashwani collaboratively contributed
Banjan Murmu and Bapi to Wikipedia Incubator which
Murmu. Our primary goal was went live in August 2018. Now
to introduce various digital tools the Santhali Wikipedia has
and techniques through a blog, over 13,000 articles, making
www.olchikidr.blogspot.com, it a substantial repository of
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