{"id":73439,"date":"2015-08-19T20:59:31","date_gmt":"2015-08-19T12:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/newcom-kidnected-to-bring-connectivity-to-indigenous-children\/"},"modified":"2015-08-19T20:59:31","modified_gmt":"2015-08-19T12:59:31","slug":"newcom-kidnected-to-bring-connectivity-to-indigenous-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/newcom-kidnected-to-bring-connectivity-to-indigenous-children\/","title":{"rendered":"NewCom, Kidnected to Bring Connectivity to Indigenous Children"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p>[Via Satellite 08-19-2015] <b>NewCom International<\/b>, a global satellite communications provider dedicated to advancing education, health care and economic growth in remote regions throughout the world, has teamed with <b>Kidnected World<\/b>, a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) that provides online tools to connect young people globally, to bring satellite-based Internet access to indigenous children throughout the Americas and Africa.<\/p>\n<p>For the first collaboration, NewCom \u2014 working in conjunction with Peru-based NGO <b>Willka Yachay<\/b> \u2014 brought Internet access to schools servicing the indigenous Q\u2019eros Nation in Qocha Moqo, a village located high in the Andes Mountains. NewCom donated a year\u2019s worth of satellite-based Internet connectivity, while Kidnected World provided their ecosystem of tools, spaces and experiences where the Q\u2019eros kids can celebrate their culture and actively contribute to a new sense of global belonging.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy providing Internet connectivity in these indigenous communities, we are giving them access to the quality education and health care they need,\u201d notes Dora Mejia, VP of sales and business development for NewCom International. \u201cWe are also giving them a way to share their knowledge and way of life with the world.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Via Satellite 08-19-2015] NewCom International, a global satellite communications provider dedicated to advancing education, health care and economic growth in remote regions throughout the world, has teamed with Kidnected World, a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) that provides online tools to connect young people globally, to bring satellite-based Internet access to indigenous children throughout the Americas and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":73440,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73439"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73439\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}