{{ _(
'Lokole is a project of the Canadian-Congolese non-profit organization '
'Ascoderu that enables rural communities to cheaply and sustainably access '
"the global communications network via email. As such, Lokole is Ascoderu's "
'contribution to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 9: '
'achieving global sustainable communications infrastructure.'
) }}
{% endmacro %}
{% macro _how_does_it_work() %}
{{ _('How does it work?') }}
{{ _(
'The Lokole is a small device that creates a local network: the Lokole '
'WiFi. You can connect to this network with any device: your phone, '
'your tablet or your laptop. Once on the network, you access the '
'Lokole website where you read and write emails via your Ascoderu '
'account. Once per day, when the cost of bandwidth is cheapest the '
"Lokole then transmits everyone's emails to the cloud. "
'In this way, many people can pool their resources to make email '
'available for everyone.'
) }}
{% endmacro %}
{% macro _meet_nzola() %}
{{
_meet(
'Nzola',
[_('Founder'), _('CEO')],
_(
'Nzola is a native of the DRC in Africa who now lives in Victoria, '
'Canada. While being employed by the humanitarian organization '
'Mission Aviation Fellowship in the Congo, Angola, Namibia, South '
'Africa and Zambia for 19 years, Nzola developed expertise with '
'communications devices and an acute understanding of the '
'communication problems in rural sub-saharan Africa.'
))
}}
{% endmacro %}
{% macro _meet_laura() %}
{{
_meet(
'Laura',
[_('Operations')],
_(
'Laura is a self-taught developer and passionate advocate for '
'positive change and justice with a MSc in International '
'Development. Laura has dedicated 10 years of her life supporting '
'local and international NGOs. Before supporting Ascoderu, she '
'worked at the British Columbia Council for International '
'Cooperation (BCCIC) and for Amnesty International.'
))
}}
{% endmacro %}
{% macro _meet_clemens() %}
{{
_meet(
'Clemens',
[_('Development')],
_(
'Clemens is a full-stack software developer who spent much of his '
'life in Togo, Mali and Zambia and is now based in Vancouver, '
'Canada. He honed his software chops working on large-scale projects '
'at Amazon and Microsoft and on open-source projects such as the '
'sharing platform yunity. Clemens now drives the development of all '
"technical aspects of Ascoderu's projects."
))
}}
{% endmacro %}