Village Power 2000
How could we give children from remote and marginal areas the opportunity to access the internet and a universe of information and possibilities? How could we grant them immediate communication with children from other continents and in this way improve their educational experience? How could we improve support for a community’s sustainable development through electronic commerce?
To answer all these questions, ENUPA, the Foundation for the Education and Sustainable Development of El Paují, decided to look for a solid, feasible, and workable solution.
Through its research, ENUPA discovered SolarQuest™, an organization which shares many of ENUPA's goals. The two organizations have now joined forces to install a satellite-based Internet connection powered by clean solar electricity for the school in El Paují, Bolivar, Venezuela. Then, applying the SolarQuest™ Virtual Schoolhouse distance education internet technology, students will be able to communicate with their counterparts in other countries:
In English:Photos of El Paují and Angel Falls
El Paují Mother Earth Quest (Virtual Schoolhouse under development for El Paují)
At the ICT Forum you may participate in development of Information and Communications Technology for El Paují.
Learn about the Lost World and El Paují, as well as a proposed documentary, Proyecto Roraima, about the Gran Sabana region of Venezuela.
Learn how you can take part in a Summer Program at the Lost World, La Gran Sabana, Venezuela.
How to find your way to El Paují and see a topo map of the local area.
For additional background information, read Global Digital Library: Community Informatics for Rural Development, a white paper by SolarQuest™ co-founder, Allan Baer.
