Rotarian Mark Peacock right, presents fellow Rotarian(Chatham) Peter Tanner, with a Literary Angels book for his talk on the RACHEL project.
Peter Tanner is a member of the Rotary Club of Chatham, and is an integral part of the RACHEL project with previous knowledge of information technology.
The RACHEL Project is the beneficiary of a Rotary International Global Grant, which was worth $139,900 USD.
Each school that is part of the RACHEL Project receive a 1TB wifi hotspot, 6 laptops and 6 tablets. For reference, a Kindle has 1 MB of memory.
The school year in Guatemala runs from March to December, with Peter and team arriving in Guatemala in March.
11 schools in total were assisted on this trip, with 5 teachers from each school trained in teaching the technology provided by the RACHEL project.
Interesting Facts about Guatemala & the RACHEL Project
*The idea of The RACHEL Project and their partner organization, World Possible, to develop a self-organized learning environment, where kids learn to learn.*
*Often the entire village would greet the RACHEL team, lining the streets to the school and often constituting a village meeting. Minutes were taken, and with many people unable to write, fingerprints constituted a signature.*
*For next years edition of the project, 25 schools have applied, and Peter will be traveling back to Guatemala again in February.*
Unofficial Happy Dollar: Doug Goldsmith is happy that we raised $437 Canadian for End Polio Now on the bus to Comerica Park last Friday. For those unaware, AG & Badder Bus driver extraordinaire Ken Corlett donated all his tips to End Polio!
It's A Bird, It's A Plan, It's A Rotarian!
Below: DG Sparky Leonard thanks Linda & Doug Goldsmith for their hard work on both the Meet the District Governor Night and the Canadian bus & ticket sales for the Comerica Park Family Fun Night. As Sparky said, Doug is a great sidekick to Linda!
Bottom: Sparky doesn't understand why Rotary pins fresh from Australia are so hard to open, and wishes he had the super hero strength of our Rotarian Heroes Linda & Doug "Ken" Goldsmith.