World Possible

World Possible is a non-profit organization based in California with a mission to connect offline learners to the world's knowledge. World Possible makes and distributes RACHEL (Remote Area Community Hotspot for Education and Learning), a server/router that hosts offline free educational content such as Khan Academy, Wikipedia, Project Gutenberg and others via Wi-Fi on a Raspberry Pi or Intel CAP computer.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] RACHEL is designed so that students or schools that do not have internet connections, but may already have devices (such as cellphones, tablets, laptops or desktops) that can receive data via wi-fi, can access educational content via RACHEL as a server. Content has been tailored to meet locally-relevant demand.[10]

Raspberry Pi using RACHEL, powered by a battery
Picture of RACHEL
Remote Area Community Hotspot for Education & Learning (RACHEL-Plus) model released by World Possible in June 2018.
Students in a Tanzanian high school without electricity using RACHEL on a donated Raspberry Pi computer.[1]

References
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  2. "The Season of Giving Back". The Huffington Post.
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  4. Devin Thorpe (5 November 2014). "Rotarian Hopes To Revolutionize Education In Rural Kenya With 'Rachel' and 'Raspberry Pi'". Forbes.
  5. "RACHEL-PI uses Raspberry Pi to bring internet to remote areas #piday # raspberrypi @Raspberry_Pi". Adafruit Industries - Makers, hackers, artists, designers and engineers!.
  6. "RACHEL-Pi – delivering education worldwide". raspberrypi.org.
  7. "Can robotics change the future of a nation?". BBC News.
  8. "Giving the gift of technology". CNN. 16 January 2012.
  9. The Christian Science Monitor. "Powering Potential puts technology in schools in Tanzania while respecting local cultures". The Christian Science Monitor.
  10. "RACHEL - Offline Educational Content - Khan Academy, Wikipedia, Hesperian". worldpossible.org.
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