“Reacción” is an open source electronic device that allows communities to communicate with each other and with humanitarian aid organizations in case of natural disasters. It helps effectively channel early warning information and the communities’ basic needs before and during emergencies caused by catastrophes or natural disasters and operates over a decentralized wireless network using […]

The project sough to escalate the Willay Program implemented by ONGAWA in Peru (FRIDA Award Recipient) about the use of ICTs in the mangagement of basic social services in empoverished rural communities and apply it to the context of Nicaragua. The Willay Program implemented information systems in rural Peru as a tool to improve decision-making […]

The objective of the project was to create DatoDuro, an open source mobile app for difital media to be used as a tool for opening data and crowdsourcing. Dato Duro was applied by digital media outlets Chequeado (Argentina) and El Faro (El Salvador). This project received a Scale-Up grant.  

The project seeks to develop an online compus and a professional educational program in the field of educational robotics for the teaching community in Latin America. The online campus will be hosted by the Latin American Robotic Network and offered to teachers from Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic. This project received a Scale-up Up […]

This project expands on prior initiative by FAPEU, FRIDA Award Recipient in 2008 for a project on the use of mobile devices in education programs. In this new phase, the original initiative was expanded and applied to a project with public schools which, using open source solutions, open hardward and open contents, tests innovative ways […]

Bapsi, as part of its mandate to develop technology for persons with multiple disabilities, came up with a USD 50 communicator for the deaf-blind, a significant improvement over the previous technology costing around USD 2500. The new communicator used Morse code via vibration, whereas the earlier solution used Braille. This project sought to familiarize the […]

Tiflolibros is the first digital library for blind Spanish speakers. Designed by blind programmers, Tiflolibros’ system was especially designed to require very little resources to be administrated and to provide easy access to those with little technological knowledge. The project, built through a collaboration of a wide network, today provides free access to over 45,000 […]

Use of ICT in a safe and secure cyber environments: Empower the children with online safety knowledge to recognize and optimize their full potential using technology.

This project aims at the development of a mobile technology platform which provides services to farmers to enable them have relevant and timely agricultural information and market access

This project targets the development of an application designed to drive participation amongst citizens across communities to allow them participate actively in the democratic process.