Projects
Buy This Satellite
During the Arab Spring, A Human Right launched an advocacy initiative to crowd fund the purchase of a satellite from a bankrupt company and move it over a number of developing countries to provide ultra low cost Internet access.
- “A plan too interesting to ignore.”Fast Company
- “A very cool, grassroots, help the world kind of idea”Al Jazeera
- “...Surely they can help millions of people.”Wired Magazine
- “Look forward to the project changing the Internet as we know it.”The Register
Move This Cable
An isolated island in the middle of the South Atlantic was to be narrowly missed by a planned fiber optic cable. We aimed to change that by petitioning for the route of the cable to be adjusted, moving the cable 50 km south, and connecting some 4,000 island people. St Helena, a British overseas territory lacked proper Internet access, the transatlantic cable called “South Atlantic Express (SAex)” would allow the tiny island to join our digital civilization improving standards of education, health care, as well as offering new economic prospects. The initiative was led by Christian Von Der Ropp.
- “155Mb/s (of the cable's 12.8Tb/s capacity) for the island should yield a 21 percent increase in the island's economic growth.”Wired
Public Speaking & Advocacy
Founder Kosta Grammatis has given many talks on the topic of Internet access for all. He has made appearances on the stages of TEDx to the International Space Development Conference, the United Nations Nexus Youth Summit, and the Satellite 2011 Conference. A Human Right is a member of the United Nations Working Group For Emergency Telecommunications (WGET).