Heading to Guatemala

I am heading to Guatemala next week, to continue defining our latest project with our fearless partner, FUNDAP. This will be a pilot project with 3 rural middle schools in the Xela region.

The questions we are asking ourselves :

• What type of technology would be the most useful for schools and students? 
• Can the Khan academy resources or the likes be taken advantage of in such settings?
• What is the right empowering approach to the use of technology for education in such environment?
• Can we find an answer that can be replicable?

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TINFA is picking up steam

After couple of years of low activities – I went back to school to get a Master’s degree in Public Administration from the Kennedy school at Harvard – TINFA is picking up steam again. 

It is starting with renewing our non profit status. According to our accountant, Howard, it can take about 6 months.

This Dec/Jan we made a family trip to Guatemala, and took this opportunity to visit our long time TINFA partner there: FUNDAP. It was great to finally put a face to some of the people we have worked with for the past 6 years. The timing was not ideal, as this was the holiday season, and pretty much every body is on vacation during that time, including FUNDAP and the schools. But still, there is nothing more powerful than making a physical contact, and picturing the places where TINFA is involved with.

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