Jara

Jara empowers children in under-resourced communities to receive a quality education anytime, anywhere through the Jara Unit. The Jara Unit is a personal education device that enables children to learn localized education content in any language without needing access to power, a quality classroom, or the Internet. The Jara Unit acts as a teaching... tool for teachers to use in the classroom during self-study time and for students to continue their learning at home, especially when textbooks and workbooks are minimally available. We work closely with communities to ensure their children can attain a quality education without losing cultural roots. Our design process involves the following: Designing and implementing with teachers, students, families, and communities Building for durability and low/no-infrastructure contexts Partnering with e-learning platforms for locally customized content Enabling the technology to be remotely updatable Designing for data collection (IoT) 23484786_1517805534981718_1655567122_o (1)-1.jpg 23484786_1517805534981718_1655567122_o (1)-1.jpg problem.png problem.png The Jara Unit - We are building the Jara Unit - a solar and crank-powered education device that provides children offline access to curriculum-aligned educational content. The Jara Unit can mimic a workbook, personal tutor, a textbook, a quizzing tool, and more.The Jara Unit supports children who have insufficient access to quality education due to humanitarian emergencies, poverty, discrimination, migration, and the COVID-19 pandemic.The Jara Unit is: Durable, Charges off-the-grid, Updatable without Internet, Internet of Things (IoT) Enabled, Low-cost, Designed for the specific purpose of education, Gamified content to ensure use Screenshot 2019-01-30 at 12.33.03.png The Jara Unit We are building the Jara Unit - a solar and crank-powered education device that provides children offline access to curriculum-aligned educational content. The Jara Unit can mimic a workbook, personal tutor, a textbook, a quizzing tool, and ...Read More