Introduction

[Jason Ryer]

Hello all,

Please allow me to introduce myself...

I work with Save the Children in La Paz, Bolivia (
http://www.savethechildren.org/countries/latin_america_caribbean/bolivia.asp)
on a new initiative within their adolescent program to teach ICT to
communities in El Alto (just up from La Paz). While researching teaching
materials and technologies, we stumbled across edubuntu and believe that it
is the way to go for education initiatives, such as ours. You may have
already seen emails from my colleague, Seth Hammock, about working in a lab
in El Alto. We have not yet been able to use edubuntu to teach due to many
obstacles in getting the Spanish language piece installed but the help that
we can potentially get from the ubuntu community looks promising.

I also founded an NGO called GAT (gat-bolivia.org) here in Bolivia
specifically dedicated to technology and education development in some of
the poorest, most underdeveloped pueblos. We are working to get a shipment
of computers (P3s) from the US (via World Computer Exchange) and get these
computers in the hands of Peace Corps Volunteers and others working to
improve education with computers. We also plan to assist in teaching
materials and methods so that they can develop successful, sustainable
projects. Within this, I hope to introduce them to edubuntu and other free,
open-source technologies.

I have been in Bolivia for nearly three years and completed my service as a
Peace Corps Volunteer in Nov 05.

Saludos and Regards, Jason


-- 
Jason Ryer, Director GAT - http://www.gat-bolivia.org
Cel:        (591) 728 88381
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