Eliminate Digital Divide for Panamanian Villagers
SummaryProvide faster and cheaper Internet access to help protecting and restoring rain forest as well as eliminating digital divide.
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More Information About this Project
Project Needs and Beneficiaries
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.
Activities
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.
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).
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Why this Project is Important
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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Who is Running This Project
Contact
Gilda Garreton
Senior Staff Engineer
16 Network Circle
MPK16-160
Menlo Park, CA 94025
United States
408-4803144
Email:
Project Sponsor
Organization
Engineers Without Borders - USA
4665 Nautilus Court, Suite 300
Boulder,,
CO,
80301
United States
303-772-2723
www.ewb-usa.org
Where this Project is Located
Country
This project is located in 
Panama
and can also be found under 
Technology.
For more information about Panama, read the Human Development Report on Panama or the Wikipedia entry for Panama.
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on November 6, 2009.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on October 24, 2008
