Mapleton family helps educate children worldwide
From left, Alison Huth, Kate Huth & Margy Henderson.
Two sisters from Mapleton are playing a key role in bringing education to communities around the globe through the innovative Teacher in a Box initiative.
Teacher in a Box (TIB) provides educational resources without needing internet access, particularly benefiting remote and impoverished communities. Mapleton resident Kate Huth is the project’s Education Coordinator and helps oversee the educational quality and direction of the international program, now active in 22 countries. Adding to the local connection, Kate’s sister, Tory Prentis from Bli Bli, serves as TIB’s Business Advisor.
“Teacher in a Box servers allow teachers and students local access to a vast range of free educational materials from pre-primary through university,” Kate said. “They create a local network accessible by Wi-Fi-enabled devices or directly connected to TVs or projectors.”
Kate’s commitment has been unflagging despite personal challenges, including a recent battle with breast cancer. She’s a teacher at University of Queensland, mentors Indigenous Students at Griffith Uni and is doing her PhD at Griffith.
“Nothing has stopped Kate’s commitment to this project,” said her mother Alison, a well-known Mapleton resident.
TIB’s servers are praised for providing distraction-free, cost-effective educational content, supporting entire communities from a single computer.
The Zonta Club of Blackall Range is also supporting TIB with it’s first donation of three units to a new program in PNG.
For further information on the Teacher in a Box project, visit www.teacherinabox.org.au.