Partners for Progress

Partners for Progress (P4P) is a non-profit organization focused on building a community of collaborators to help bridge the digital divide. Our vision is to build a cluster of self-sustaining projects around the world that use the wireless connectivity as a backbone to deliver life enhancing digital services to the rural population.

The Rainbow

Over the years P4P has participated in hundreds of wireless connectivity projects across the globe. This experience has resulted in a very cost effective and scalable wireless connectivity solution. In addition, we have made partnerships for numerous complementary products and services to establish a cost effective wireless IP network and the service delivery point/kiosk (“The Rainbow”). This is an effective solution for the complex problem of establishing cost effective service delivery points.

Large Scale Adoption

In order to maximize the benefits, P4P is now turning the focus on building a community of partners to replicate the Rainbow projects in various parts of the world.

Through collaboration with NGOs, charitable foundations, companies and private donors, P4P is establishing an affordable and self-sustainable franchise to build a chain of Rainbows that can deliver Education and Healthcare related content and services. The foundation is offering a unique operating model based on the compilation of the best practices from many rural connectivity projects.

The Rainbow project is a modular cluster of 100 kiosks run by a local entrepreneur. The kiosks are collocated with the schools and hospitals to deliver the e-Learning and e-Medicine services. As a project enabler, P4P and the Partners are making this Rainbow (all of the Wireless Network blueprints, PC and IT Hardware and Software components, Installation and maintenance of the wireless network, Data Center for hosting the content and services etc) available to the qualified projects. The operator is given the training on the successful operation of the kiosks, access to the relevant content and services as well as consulting throughout. Click here to read more about the Rainbow project.

Bridging the digital divide is an enormous task. We invite you as partners to join us in our mission of building a better future for the next generation. Here is a sample list of activities that can benefit with your contributions.

Financial contributions to build the organization and to provide the seed capital to help various Rainbow projects get off the ground.
Local operators to own and operate the regional Rainbow cluster. Typically the regional communication service providers (Telco or ISP) are well suited for this role.
System Integration companies who can help with the installation and maintenance of the communication infrastructure.
ICT Equipment providers (PC, Printer etc) to reduce the cost of kiosks
Entrepreneurs to own and run the service delivery points (kiosks)
ICT training providers to conduct “Train the Trainer” seminars
Schools and Hospitals that can host the kiosks
Teachers to provide distant e-Learning courses
Doctors who can provide Telemedicine consultation and services
Educational and Healthcare related local language content providers

Here is a list of partners that provide additional examples of valuable contributors. We also welcome organizations and individuals with new creative ideas to contribute in this cause. Click here to contact us and explore how we can work together and be an additional link to create a better world.