Education Guatemala Project #46329

Help us go to: / Ayudanos a ir a: Balam 2020!

A microproject by Online Learning Initiative

Project Report | Jun 17, 2020
Building a robot with your help

By Felix Alvarado | Sponsor / Promotor

Youth get their kits / Jovenes reciben sus kits

As you will know by now, thanks to over 20 individual donors and one organization we reached our funding goal for Balam 2020! Nine young women and men, including two Punto Crea volunteer tutors, will be able to complete their participation in the Guatemala National Robotics Challenge.

Having completed the first phase (“Learn") they are now into the “Create” phase, where each must build and test their own robot. And this is where your help has been critical: we needed to buy the robots! Each participant was mailed their kit — see them in the picture receiving them at home. Widmar is missing but here you can read his story.

We're still not sure how the national contest will be carried out, as lockdown continues and Galileo University, the organizer, has obviously put on hold all plans to bring the participants together. But one thing is sure: they have gotten here and will continue to grow thanks to your help.

Please be sure to encourage family, friends and colleagues to join our effort and contribute to Punto Crea as monthly subscribers or as one-time donors.

Thanks!

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Como sabes ya, gracias a más de 20 donantes individuales y uno institucional llegamos a nuestra meta de recaudación para Balam 2020. Nueve jóvenes, incluyendo 2 tutores voluntarios de Punto Crea, podrán completar su participación en el desafío nacional de robótica de Guatemala.

Habiendo completado su primera fase («Aprende») ahora están involucrados en la fase «Crea», donde cada uno debe construir y probar su robot. Y aquí tu ayuda fue crucial: debíamos comprar los robots. Cada participante recibió su kit por correo — míralos en la foto cuando lo reciben en casa. Falta Widmar, pero aquí puedes leer su historia.

Aún no sabemos cómo se realizará el concurso nacional, pues la cuarentena continúa y la Universidad Galileo, el organizador, obviamente ha detenido los planes para reunir a los participantes. Pero una cosa es segura: llegaron hasta aquí y seguirán creciendo gracias a tu ayuda.

Por favor no dejes de instar a tus familiares, amistades y colegas a sumarse a nuestros empeños contribuyendo como suscriptores mensuales u ocasionales a Punto Crea.

¡Gracias!

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May 13, 2020
Completing phase 1 / Completamos la fase 1

By Felix Alvarado | Project promoter / Promotor del proyecto

Thanks to your help we are reaching our goal! Our 2 volunteer tutors and 7 participating youth are completing Aprende (learn), the first phase of the Balam 2020 robotics challenge. Having mastered the required principles of electronics, circuit design and programming, they are beginning to hand in videos of their work on the Arduino online simulator.

Inspired by the needs derived from the Covid-19 emergency, Kary decided to program a EKG heart monitor, while Jonatahn worked on a temperature monitor. Now their peers will have to catch up!

In the meantime we are all getting ready to move into Crea (create), phase 2 of the challenge. We'll be procuring robot kits, making plans for travel to the city (keeping our fingers crossed for when lockdown ends!) and, most importantly, the youth will be building and testing their robots and programs.

Join us in wishing them luck in their endeavor.

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Gracias a tu ayuda estamos llegando a nuestra meta. Nuestros 2 tutores voluntarios y 7 jóvenes participantes están completando Aprende, la primera fase del reto de robótica Balam 2020. Habiendo dominado los principios requeridos de electrónica, diseño de ciruitos y programación, han comenzado a enviar los vídeos demostrativos de su trabajo en el simulador en línea de Arduino.

Inspirados por las necesidades que surgen de la emergencia del Covid-19, Kary decidió programar un monitor de electrocardiograma, mientras Jonatahn trabajó en un monitor de temperatura. ¡Ahora sus pares deben alcanzarlos!

Mientras tanto todos nos preparamos para pasar a Crea, la fase 2 del reto. Estaremos comprando los kits de robótica y haremos planes de viaje para la ciudad (con los dedos cruzados para cuando termine la cuarentena) y, lo más importante, los jóvenes estarán construyendo y ensayando sus robots y programas.

Acompáñennos en desearles éxito en su emprendimiento.

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