Imagine living without internet access or a public space to get together with your community. In 2024, Boca de Camarones, Dominguillo, and El Tambo created their own SOLE Labs to solve this. We will launch 40 SOLE Labs more in the next 5 years. Let's sustain these spaces and expand to more communities, enable digital-literacy, tailored internet access, and connection to a growing the network creating the Internet of the Future, fostering learning, opportunities, and sustainable growth for all.
People, especially the children, do not have a decent place to be able to connect to the internet in their community: internet signal is precarious, the public access point is fenced and closed. They can only connect in surroundings, from a cellphone, sitting in the dusty street or on top of a stone, no shadow... How to do homework? How to watch a movie or documentary all together? How to create a website for their tourism venture?
The SOLE Lab: a futuristic public space based on self-managed learning supported by technology (SOLE). Environmentally sustainable architecture and furnishing, it will be a happy, participatory and quickly-assembled environment where groups can learn, engage in dialogue across differences and collaborate, supported by the Internet, creating flourishing communities and a more equal and connected world. A open-source "solution-guide" to self-assess current challenges and seek enhanced Internet.
Boca de Camarones, El Tambo and Dominguillo are currently working on their sustainabiblity: they are establishing meeting routines and promoting learning, dialogue and action in their communities. The virtues hidden during times of war flourish today because there is a common place where everybody is welcome. Other communities related to SOLE Colombia's-10-year-network are asking for their SOLE Labs. We know that they are capable of self-organizing to manage them. Let's make this happen!
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
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