March 05, 2004
DtM, World Education Partner with US AID for Kinkajou Pilot Test
The United States Agency for International Development has partnered with Design that Matters and World Education in support of a Mali-based pilot test of the Kinkajou Portable Library and Projection System. The partnership is through USAID’s Global Development Alliance program.
Under the agreement, USAID will contribute funding (approximately $500,000) and technical support to the 24-month pilot that will test the projector in 45 adult literacy classes across Mali starting in January 2005. The pilot will enhance the learning experience of 1,500 men and women enrolled in community-based adult literacy classes across Mali.
More broadly, the goals for this pilot are threefold:
>> Increase access to education by increasing the capacity of educators to teach at night
>>Enhance motivation and learning—and thus educational efficiency—via the use of a new educational technology appropriate to developing countries that can be used not only in the educational sector but in all sector that do community education, including agriculture, health, and environment
>>To model an economic development process of shifting the production and ongoing support and maintenance of new technologies to local manufacturers and entrepreneurs.
Read additional project details at the Kinkajou Design Journal.
Posted by Timothy Prestero at March 5, 2004 09:23 AM
