La localidad de SURI en el Departamento de La Paz, en Bolivia, ha estado desconectada del mundo. Debido a la ubicación geográfica, las comunicaciones móviles son inestables. Por esta razón, el proyecto ha aportado significativamente a la calidad de vida de sus habitantes, demostrando que, no importa cuán alejada pueda estar una población, siempre es posible brindar una solución de conectividad.
SURI's location in the Department of La Paz, in Bolivia, has been disconnected from the world. Due to the geographical location, mobile communications are unstable. For this reason, the project has contributed significantly to the quality of life of its inhabitants, demonstrating that, no matter how remote a population may be, it is always possible to provide a connectivity solution.
Digital Security Training for Persons With Disabilities was organized by Internet Society Uganda Chapter under the Chapterthon 2021 initiative to help enhance digital knowledge, raise awareness and to ensure PWDs learn best practices on managing online threats and empowering them to ensure digital rights of Persons with Disabilities are respected.
In 2021, the Internet Society Kenya Chapter embarked on creating awareness on the vulnerability of websites. Indeed we sampled a few sites and worked on securing them adequately. This has led to increased desire by web administrators to use the tools available and secure the Internet in general. We have commitments to complete the projects but are time-constrained.
We train future leaders and increase the percentage of children in STEAM by organizing coding camps and entrepreneurship for 20 children (age group 7-11 years) in rural areas of Haiti specifically in the North of Haiti (Cap Haitien).
For our 2021 Chapterthon, Internet Society chapters developed projects that make a meaningful difference in their communities and beyond. They chose a pressing issue…
For our 2021 Chapterthon, Internet Society chapters developed projects that make a meaningful difference in their communities and beyond. They chose a pressing issue and collaborated to solve it.
Don’t forget to cast your vote for your favorite project in each region!
Chapterthon winners from each of region will win an award package, including the opportunity to host their own booth at the Internet Society Community Week (November 2021) to present their Chapterthon projects to the wider community.
Voting is open 1-17 October (for Internet Society members only)!
