Right now most people, almost two thirds of humans on Earth
are not on the Internet
And when access is available, it's generally expensive and slow.
That means getting the latest educational material to majority of children
at schools around the world is very difficult and costly.
Often, materials are either out of date, or not available at all.
That's why Learning Equality created KA Lite:
to bring high quality educational materials like Khan Academy
to places that the Internet does not reach.
Devices or SD cards loaded with KA Lite
can be carried in on foot and used totally offline.
But once it's there,
we need a way for content and updates to be distributed efficiently,
when there's not Internet, or bandwidth is limited.
To help solve this problem we are exited
to announce the partnership with Outernet,
and the release of exciting new perk in our campaign.
Thanks, Jamie!
We are thrilled to partner with Learning Equality
and create a version of Lighthouse that comes with KA Lite pre-installed.
We are calling it: KA Lighthouse!
Lighthouse works as a WiFi router mixed with a hard drive.
Any WiFi enabled device, like a smartphone, tablet or laptop,
can connect to Lighthouse and browse the content on it.
Like all of Khan Academy courseware on KA Lighthouse.
Pretty much in the middle of nowhere in Illinois,
we are going to bolt a satellite dish to a random tree,
and within a few minutes we gonna have a digital library up and running.
What makes Outernet special is when you plug Lighthouse into a satellite dish,
anywhere in the world, the Lighthouse hard drive downloads
new content from Outernet satellites in space.
New courses, new videos, new books... new anything.
All for free!
Outernet is designed to work where the Internet doesn't,
using the same satellite TV dishes found in even the most remote villages.
We are thrilled to support Learning Equality
in their creation of Kolibri,
and work to send even more educational content
to the most remote parts of the world.
Thank you Thane!
By donating to our Kolibri campaign and selecting the KA Lighthouse perk,
for yourself, or to bring to a community you know,
your support will help spread educational opportunities all around the world!