Outernet can reestablish basic education services for students in settings where conflict has strained educational resources and disrupted communications
Project Name
Outernet to Support Education in Ukraine's Conflict Zones
Location Implemented
Ukraine
Technology Used
Hardware
Competition Entered
Technology to Support Education in Crises & Conflict Prize
Reading Skill Targeted
Pre-Reading
Status
Conflict Zone - 1st place (tied), Winner
Amount Award
$5,000
Collaborators/Partners
IREX
The Challenge
Natural disasters, health crises like Ebola, and country conflicts including the ongoing war in Syria can severely disrupt the delivery and quality of children’s education. Even after the conflict subsides, interruptions in education can have long-term consequences on student enrollment and retention in school, as well as their cognitive, academic and socio-emotional development.
The Big Idea
Outernet's free data multicast transmits a continuous feed of digital media over 7 geostationary satellites, providing global coverage to its signal. Outernet's Lighthouse receiver stores these files and saves them on its internal drive, which can then be viewed with any browser, on any Wi-Fi enabled device, by connecting to the Lighthouse hotspot. In contexts where conflict has strained educational resources and disrupted communications, Outernet can reestablish basic education services for students.
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In contexts where conflict has strained educational resources and disrupted communications, Outernet can reestablish basic education services for students.
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