Author: Alison Lowndes
-
Ecuador Youth Orchestra
Ecuador is an amazing country located on the Equator at 0° in South America. It is known as “the middle of the world” with incredible biodiversity, from the Amazon region, the Andes, to the Galapagos Islands and much more. As an ex-Spaniard colony, and with an incredible cultural diversity which mixes with several ethnic, European…
-
AI Crossover
Finally some connection between AVIF, AI and my position within NVIDIA. Just published is our blog on using deep learning techniques to help in the Serengeti. Of course this can port over to any national park and wildlife sanctuary in the world. Jeff Clune heads Evolving AI, out of University of Wyoming and their deep learning-based…
-
WASH in Kibera
My good friend, Liz, runs the non-profit Sadili Oval Sports Academy, a safe haven on the edge of Kibera, Africa’s largest and poorest slum. Sadili is a Kiswahili term, meaning “well-being”. Liz’s blogpost is here and I’ve highlighted a few points. Several AVIF volunteers have spent time here and even our Brazilian hosts have visited. This is volunteer,…
-
Code Clubs in Kenya
Back in 2015 I wrote this post (below). Since then we’ve had a rollercoaster ending in the loss of our amazing Irene RIP, just over a year ago. I live & work with tech and this is so important: I had to work hard to get where I am but for those where education is still a…
-
Organic Chocolate from the Amazon
Crave, Buy, Support: via the global Generosity site fundraiser or the Brazilian-only Kickstarter Combu Island is in the equatorial rainforest of the Amazon. Here they speak the beautiful language of Portugese, which should not stop you from watching the video on the article which shows everyone involved in my friend, Nena’s new business. I stayed with Nena…