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Solar-Powered Computer Project in the Jungle
Challenges Entered:
Bringing solar-powered technology to underserved indigenous communities in remote areas.
The Solar-Powered Computer Project in the Jungle brings the latest technology to the heart of the rainforest in rural Cameroon, where most indigenous villagers have never used a computer and have severely limited access to any technology.
Location
Village of Ngambe Tikar
PO BOX 1 Plaine Tikar
Ngambe TikarCameroon
HEADSpace - Global Life Skills
Challenges Entered:
HEADSpace - Global Life Skills - is aimed at providing the premier life skills, beginning with Reading, Language (English) and Mathematics. The programme is internet based and is downloadable in a variety of formats. Modalities includes pre and post tests, video presentation of material, online text, and interactive lessons. Distribution includes: CDROM, DVD, .exe for computers and internet login.
Location
Kingston
Jamaica
AniBooks: A book for every child in every language
Challenges Entered:
AniBooks are animated stories or cartoons where the narration appears at the bottom as subtitles in the "same" language as the audio. This makes it cost-effective to mass distribute "reading" to children on mobiles, TV, internet, DVDs, etc., in any language.
Locations
Pondicherry, PY
India
India
Targeted Vocabulary Building
Challenges Entered:
eSpindle is already a powerful tool in the hands of a teacher or student. This mashup will combine contributions and data sets from a diverse audience, to create the largest resource of this kind on the web.
Location
Sebastopol, CA
United States
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