Digital Democracy is looking for a volunteer to help pilot long-distance solar-powered wifi antennaes in indigenous communities in Guyana.
Digital Democracy is working with the Wapichan people in the South Rupununi in Guyana to support them in efforts to secure their ancestral territory and increase their autonomy and self-determination. The Wapichan live in 17 villages and 7 smaller "satellites" in a large semi-natural savannah ecosystem surrounded by tropical forest. Communication between villages and with the outside world is difficult due to limited or no cellphone or internet access. We want to help the Wapichan improve their means of communicating with the rest of the world and communicating and coordinating between villages.