Submitted
2021 TPrize Challenge

YACHAYWASI INCLUSIVE EDUCATION

Team Leader
Giannina Honorio Heredia
Solution Overview
Solution Name:
YACHAYWASI INCLUSIVE EDUCATION
One-line solution summary:
PLATFORM (LMS) FOR PEOPLE WITH HEARING, VISUAL AND MOTOR DISABILITIES THAT ALLOWS THE DEVELOPMENT OF COURSES AND ENTERPRISES
Pitch your solution.

Yachaywasi is the first e-learning platform specialized in the training of people with hearing disabilities (hearing loss, deafness and hyperacusis), language disorders, visual and motor disabilities and other disabilities at the national level. We are committed to the inclusion of people with academic, social and occupational disabilities, our solution is a validated platform that has a voice-to-text player, sign language interpreter depending on the country, our solution is scalable since being an electronic platform learning can be used in any country in the world.

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What specific problem are you solving?

According to the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics in Peru there are more than 3 million people with disabilities, in America and South America there is a population with hearing, visual, motor and verbal disabilities, of approximately 100 million people, there are many difficulties that make them impossible By having economic independence in adulthood, this leads to a high deterioration in their quality of life and perpetuates the vulnerability of this sector since it is in poverty levels.

Academic insertion First of all, training centers are not intended to educate or train people with disabilities in their business schools.

Second, at the labor level, many companies are not obliged to comply with an inclusion quota because this guideline is only for large companies and even in those cases, personnel are not hired due to not finding trained personnel within this population.

Third, access to financing and control of your personal finances are difficult because financial entities (Banks, Financing, Angel Investors, Government with financing programs) do not provide services in an accessible way to people with visual and hearing disabilities. , motor and language.

That is why it is relevant to have a decentralized platform that provides financial and entrepreneurial training to achieve the economic independence of this sector in all Peruvian provinces.

What is your solution?

Our platform is an LMS (Learning Management System) that has special functionalities for people with hearing, verbal and visual disabilities. This platform allows people with disabilities to be trained and be able to insert or include people with disabilities in the labor market, it uses special frameworks for sign language, text-to-speech translators that allow people with disabilities to be trained in different courses such as:

Models of viable and profitable business plans in the event of a pandemic.
Formation of formal companies Sunat - Sunarp.
Web programming for the blind and deaf
3D printing for the deaf.
Design thinking.
Digital advertising.
Finance for SMEs.
Taxes and tax benefits.
Accounting and commercial cash register tools.
Patents and technological surveillance.



Who does your solution serve, and in what ways will the solution impact their lives?

In America there are approximately 150 million people with hearing, verbal, visual and motor disabilities, in Peru according to statistics there is a population of 3 million people with disabilities https://www.inei.gob.pe/, https: / /www.conadisperu.gob.pe, people with disabilities are citizens of different ages and do not have opportunities to study or work due to discrimination and because there is no labor inclusion, we have developed our specialized e-learning platform together and with tests with deaf, blind and people with motor and verbal disabilities, our education platform solves the existing digital gap for people with disabilities in Peru.

Which dimension of the TPrize Challenge does your solution most closely address?
  • Design, create, and implement new educational or training models for educators and students that guarantee access to quality education in low connectivity environments
Explain how the problem you are addressing, the solution you have designed, and the population you are serving align with the TPrize Challenge.

Yachaywasi was created to allow labor inclusion and inclusion in education through our specialized platform.

We are a technological solution created by Peruvian women engineers, which has a positive impact on people with disabilities, whether they are children, youth, adults or older adults.

In what city, town, or region is your solution team headquartered?
Lima, Perú
What is your solution’s stage of development?
  • Pilot: An organization deploying a tested product, service, or business model in at least one community.
Explain why you selected this stage of development for your solution.

We are in a pilot phase and we have been having a positive impact on the quality of education and labor inclusion, we have carried out the deployment of operations in 11 cities and our impact is quantified in 800 people with disabilities and families of people with disabilities, we have agreements with the main disability institutions in Peru and we will replicate our experience and model in other countries such as Colombia, Chile, Bolivia, Ecuador, Brazil, Argentina.

Who is the Team Lead for your solution?
GIANNINA HONORIO HEREDIA
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Giannina Honorio Heredia
Giannina Honorio Heredia
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