Organizations Filed Purposes:
THE MISSION OF A CONNECTED PLANET (ACP) IS TO PROVIDE TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO ENABLE INFORMATION SHARING AND TO IMPROVE THE EDUCATION & HEALTHCARE SERVICES PROVIDED TO CHILDREN IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD.
PROVIDE TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO ENABLE INFORMATION SHARING, EDUCATION, AND MEDICAL SERVICES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.
ACP WORK IN THE REPUBLIC OF HAITI THIS YEAR FOCUSED ON THE COMPLETION OF THE "EDUCATION DE QUALIT POUR TOUS" (EDUQUAT) PROGRAM. SINCE 2017 WE HAVE MANAGED THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRI-LINGUAL MATHEMATICS EDUCATION APPLICATIONS FOR MOBILE DEVICES IN FRENCH, HAITIAN CREOLE AND ENGLISH LANGUAGES. THE EDUQUAT PROGRAM IS A VERY LARGE INITIATIVE TO PILOT A FINANCIALLY SUSTAINABLE EDUCATIONAL BUSINESS MODEL TO INCREASE THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION IN HAITI. THE INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (IDB) IS FUNDING THE INITIATIVE. THE PROGRAM WAS LED BY LES FRRES DE L'INSTRUCTION CHRTIENNE (FIC) IN PORT-AU-PRINCE. A DOZEN PRIMARY AND/OR SECONDARY SCHOOLS SERVICING APPROXIMATELY 10,000 STUDENTS AROUND THE COUNTRY ARE PART OF THE FIC NETWORK. IN 2017 WE DELIVERED THE CORE APPLICATION, STYLE GUIDE AND STARTED TEACHER TRAINING AT 9 PILOT SCHOOLS IN PORT AU PRINCE, HAITI. DURING 2018 WE CONDUCTED WORKSHOPS AND INSTITUTED A TRAINING PROGRAM FOR DEVELOPERS. DURING 2019 DEVELOPMENT OF THE APPLICATIONS WENT INTO FULL PRODUCTION MODE. AT THE PEAK ACP WAS MANAGING 36 DEVELOPERS FROM 4 ORGANIZATIONS IN HAITI AND WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INTEGRATION OF ALL DEVELOPED COMPONENTS INTO THE CORE APPLICATIONS. IN 2020 WE COMPLETED AND RELEASED THE MATHEMATICS APPLICATIONS FOR GRADES FOUR, FIVE AND SIX. WE DEVELOPED AND RELEASED GRADE 1 FRENCH LANGUAGE ARTS AND READING APPLICATIONS. AND WE ADDED SUPPORT FOR THE APPLE IOS OPERATING SYSTEM FOR ALL APPLICATIONS. IN RESPONSE TO THE COVIS-19 PANDEMIC THE APPLICATIONS WERE PUBLICALLY RELEASED WITHOUT LICENSING OR REGISTRATION RESTRICTIONS. DURING THE YEAR ACP CONTINUED WORK MAINTAINING ITS LIBRARY OF FREE APPLICATIONS IN THE GOOGLE PLAY AND APPLE ITUNES STORES. ACP MAINTAINS TWO TYPES OF EDUCATION-RELATED MOBILE APPLICATIONS. THE FIRST TYPE OF APPLICATIONS IS GENERAL EDUCATION APPS WHICH ARE USED TO TEACH BASIC LETTER, WORD AND NUMBER RECOGNITION. THE SECOND TYPE OF APPLICATION ARE DIGITAL BOOK APPS BASED ON HARD COPY BOOKS PRODUCED BY THE MOTHER TONGUE BOOKS (MTB) PROGRAM STARTED BY THE MATNWA COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTER ON THE ISLAND OF LA GONVE, HAITI. THE APPLICATIONS SUPPORT THE HAITIAN CREOLE, FRENCH, AND ENGLISH LANGUAGES.
ACP CONTINUED PROVIDING POLICY AND PLANNING SUPPORT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND (USCENTCOM) IN THE AREAS OF INFORMATION SHARING AND DISSEMINATION. ACP PROVIDES AN UNCLASSIFIED INFORMATION SHARING (UIS) LIAISON OFFICER TO VARIOUS NATIONAL LEVEL AGENCIES IN THE WASHINGTON DC NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION AND ADVISORS AT USCENTCOM HEADQUARTERS IN TAMPA, FL. THE PRIMARY FOCUS OF THEIR WORK IS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF POLICIES AND PROCEDURES THAT ALLOW INFORMATION SHARING. FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE PAST YEAR ACP HAS SPEARHEADED INITIATIVES TO SHARE US "NO STRIKE LIST (NSL)" INFORMATION. THE NSL IS A LIST OF OBJECTS OR ENTITIES CHARACTERIZED AS PROTECTED FROM THE EFFECTS OF MILITARY OPERATIONS UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW AND/OR RULES OF ENGAGEMENT. ATTACKING THESE MAY VIOLATE THE LAW OF ARMED CONFLICT OR INTERFERE WITH FRIENDLY RELATIONS WITH INDIGENOUS PERSONNEL OR GOVERNMENTS. ACP IS CONTINUING EFFORTS STARTED IN PAST YEARS TO SHARE INFORMATION THREAT ALERT MESSAGES WITH NON-PROFIT, COMMERCIAL AND MILITARY PARTNERS IN THE CONFLICT AREAS OF IRAQ, SYRIA AND AFGHANISTAN. ACP CONTINUES TO WORK ON THE POLICY CHANGES REQUIRED TO RELEASE OTHER TYPES OF INFORMATION.
ACP STARTED A NEW INITIATIVE THIS TO DEVELOP AN OPEN SOURCE TEXT-TO-SPEECH (TTS) CAPABILITY FOR UNDER RESOURCED LANGUAGES. THE FIRST LANGUAGE WE HAVE CHOSEN TO WORK ON IS HAITIAN CREOLE BECAUSE OF OUR EXPERIENCE IN TASK 1. WE ARE DEVELOPING A CAPABILITY FOR THE ANDROID OPERATING SYSTEM USING A SUITE OF OPEN SOURCE DEVELOPMENT TOOLS FROM CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY (CMU) AND EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY. THE A CONNECTED PLANET FOUNDATION, ECOLE SUPRIEURE D'INFOTRONIQUE D'HATI (ESIH) AND CMU ARE PARTNERING ON THIS TASK. ACP WILL DOCUMENT THE METHODOLOGY USED TO DEVELOP THE HAITIAN CREOLE TTS CAPABILITY AND CREATE A MULTILINGUAL VIDEO PROGRAM OF INSTRUCTION WHICH COULD BE USED IN OTHER AREAS OF THE WORLD WHERE THE NEED EXISTS TO CREATE TTS CAPABILITIES FOR LOCAL LANGUAGES.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Sherman Lacoste | EMPLOYEE | 40 | $173,779 |
| Greg Hearne | BOARD MEMBER | 65 | $156,250 |
| Sheila Hearne Phd | PRESIDENT/TR | 40 | $104,167 |
| Bendeguz Viragh | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Kenneth Robinson | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| David Coker Phd | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
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