SPARC (Solar Powered Access to Raspberry Computing) - Potential Enhancement Foundation

SPARC (Solar Powered Access to Raspberry Computing)

We use solar-powered, Raspberry Pi computers and offline digital educational materials (no internet required). Thanks to the innovative Raspberry Pi’s energy efficiency, affordability, and open-source philosophy, it is the ideal vehicle for addressing Powering Potential’s sustainability goal.

For the SPARC program, we install:

Hardware

Five Raspberry Pi computers
Three servers (loaded with educational content)
Computer network equipment
Two 85-watt panels, three 108Ah batteries
A 15 amp charge controller
A 350 watt inverter
A lightning arrester system

Software

RACHEL digital library from World Possible
Office productivity software
Shule Direct Tanzanian secondary school curriculum
Scratch coding program

The SPARC program includes a Pi-oneer and a three week Training Workshop.

Schools with SPARC include

Nanenane Secondary School in Morogoro Tanzania
Rigicha Secondary School, Serengeti – Mara
Slahhamo Secondary School, Karatu District in Arusha Region
Lake Natron at Ngorongoro District in Arusha Region