Connecting offline learners to the world's knowledge
WORLD POSSIBLE
THE CHALLENGE
Open Educational Resources (OER) have revolutionized the way we learn by making a wealth of learning opportunities freely available to anyone with an internet connection. However, 4 billion people lack access to the internet and cannot use these resources. As a result, the knowledge gap is widening.
OUR SOLUTION
We ensure that anyone can access the best educational resources from the web anytime, anywhere, regardless of internet connection. We have created RACHEL, a Remote Area Community Hotspot for Education and Learning, which can deliver the best free educational content to offline communities:
Technology alone rarely solves a problem. We see technology as an enabler, which in the hands of a good teacher, can fundamentally change opportunities for youth worldwide. Our chapters exist to spread RACHEL, yes, but also, to develop training materials, local content, and best practices for other users to adopt RACHEL.
Meet RACHEL, the plug-and-play server that can connect a whole classroom of computers to a world of educational content with a single click.
No Internet required.
OER2Go.org hosts copies of leading educational websites available for download. All content works seamlessly with RACHEL, and much of the content can be downloaded to any device.
OUR REACH
From January 2019 to November 2019 alone, we have shipped RACHEL-Plus to offline communities in 48 countries:
Australia
Autonomous Region of Bougainville
Bahamas
Belize
Burma / Myanmar
Cambodia
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Domincan Republic
Ecuador
Eritrea
Ehtiopia
Federated States of Micronesia
Fiji
Finland
Ghana
Guatemala
Haiti
Honduras
India
Kenya
Kiribati
Korea
Laos
Liberia
Malawi
Malaysia
Mexico
Micronesia
Morocco
Namibia
Nigeria
Pakistan
Papua New Guinea
Peru
Philippines
Rwanda
Samoa
Sierra Leone
South Sudan
Sri Lanka
Swaziland
Tajikstan
Tanzania
Thailand
Tonga
Uganda
Vanuatu
Zambia
MAJOR UPDATES
You can always keep up with us through our forums or our newsletter. When we can, we try to give some of our more major updates and milestones here:
UPDATES FROM THE GLOBAL WORLD POSSIBLE TEAM AND PARTNERS
World Possible’s effort in Sierra Leone, led by CAUSE Canada , provides updates for April here.
May 17, 2019
In April 2019, World Possible and Creative Commons co-hosted a Design for Offline OER conference with key stakeholders. Listen to the recording here.
Apr 18, 2019
Read about how RACHEL with GCFLearnFree, KA-Lite , and Fantastic Phonics has helped CAUSE Canada’s Ansu in Sierra Leone here.
Apr 20, 2019
Apr 26, 2019
OUR FUNDING PARTNERS
We could never had made this happen without some individuals and groups who really believed in our mission. We take special pride in the donations which have allowed us to innovate, make mistakes, and grow. Thank you to these groups and individuals have taken outsized risks betting on our future with these landmark contributions:
OUR FUNDING (SCROLL RIGHT THROUGH OUR HISTORY)
Since 2013, Endless and Matt Dalio have given World Possible a future with their multi-year overhead funding contributions. We owe our existence to them and enjoy sharing a vision with our friends in the Endless Network.
Since 2017, the Happel Foundation has joined us to launch World Possible Ghana and World Possible Tanzania. Alex Lanz from Happel has continued to act as a trusted advisor and mentor.
In 2018, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation generously awarded funding for our Grand Challenge Exploration application to create teacher training materials on RACHEL.
In 2018, the Library of Congress awarded us a David Rubenstein best practices cash award for Innovative Uses of Technology.
In 2018, in addition to their incredible content, WikiHow provided us ground breaking publicity and funding through their inclusion of World Possible as a featured nonprofit on every article viewed in March.
In 2018, a Rotary Global Grant led by Rotary clubs of Barillas, Chatham, Gig Harbor, Blenheim, Wallaceburg, and Woodside/Portola Valley allowed us to grow RACHEL to 50 additional schools in Guatemala
In 2014, Eben Upton, Jack Lang, and Philip Colligan of the Raspberry Pi Foundation helped us develop a real business plan for sustainability and followed it up with seed funding to meet a Dalio Foundation match.