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September 17, 2011

UNF Student Takes Technology to Dominican Republic

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by Erin Hawley, First Coast News

A student at the University of North Florida is leading the charge to bring technology to students in struggling countries. After organizing a pencil drive in 2008 to help students in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, Juan Carlos Villatoro was shocked to find many of the students had never seen a computer. He came up with the idea to create a classroom with WiFi that is solar powered and self sustained, and the CEL Project was born. The mission – to develop and install shipping containers retrofitted as computer labs to developing countries as a means of sustainable education and economic growth.

http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/article/218160/483/UNF-Student-Takes-Techology-to-School-in-Dominican-Republic

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