Kids risking their lives for a very basic education
In many 3rd-world countries there are scattered, isolated communities surrounded by treacherous mountains, ravines and waterways. Yet, in their quest for a very basic education, and with their parents’ blessings, many children risk their lives – walking 1 to 2 hours each way to class. They must either: (i) climb steep cliffs, (ii) canoe rough waterways, (iii) swing across dangerous waterways on ropes, (iv) cross ravines on zip-lines, (v) or walk through snake-infested jungles.
Our Solution
Through Schola Mia Project (SMP), at-risk children are provided with a laptop computer and a self-contained, solar-powered land unit from Starlink’s satellite constellation.
Operation and implementation of this system will be executed by university students n each country. They will be trained and organized to work with local leaders, identifying at-risk children, setting up and maintaining the Starlink land units, as well as teaching the children and teachers in the use of said equipment.
Although this problem exists in many 3rd-world countries, SMP will launch a “pilot program” (1st QTR 2026 in Colombia, South America. This program will establish protocols and procedures that will be applied in other South American Countries.
With time, we are hopeful that SMP will be in other 3rd-world countries around the world.
