Eliminate Digital Divide for Panamanian Villagers

 
$2,886
$2,114
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Remaining

Summary

Provide faster and cheaper Internet access to help protecting and restoring rain forest as well as eliminating digital divide.

What is the issue, problem, or challenge?

The current satellite network is slow and expensive. By providing a faster and cheaper point-to-point network, it will benefit 155 students and researchers to study, protect, and restore the rain forest. It will also benefits 1000 local villagers who will have internet access.

How will this project solve this problem?

Analyze the terrain data to select and design a point-to-point wireless network that bridges Internet access from the city to the rain forest.

Potential Long Term Impact

Fight global warming and eliminating digital divide by bring Internet access to local villages.

Project Message

CREA's mission: "To protect and restore Panama's natural ecology while safeguarding and nurturing the development needs of local communities "
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Funding Information

This project has been retired and is no longer accepting donations.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

Resources

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Organization

Project Leader

Gilda Garreton

Senior Staff Engineer
Menlo Park, CA United States

Where is this project located?

Map of Eliminate Digital Divide for Panamanian Villagers