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G.A.I.A. CENTER · BOLIVIA

The world needs
Guardians.
Care, learn
and act.

We prepare people to listen, care, innovate responsibly, and turn purpose into action.

Start the courseWhat it means to be a Guardian
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YOUR LEARNING PATHGuardians Academy12 lessons, a final exam, and a certificate earned by passing.
6modules for purposeful action
12illustrated lessons
10/12score required for certification
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THE HEART OF G.A.I.A. CENTER

Become a Guardian

A visual, self-guided path to learn how to listen, care, choose responsible technology, prototype, and act with evidence. You do not simply check boxes: you read every lesson and pass an exam to earn your certificate.

  • 6 modules
  • 12 illustrated lessons
  • Final exam · 10/12
  • Certificate upon passing
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ONE STORY OF GUARDIANS IN ACTION

Robotics for Good: technology serving a mission.

This program is one of G.A.I.A. Center’s impact stories—not the center of our identity.

Erika López and the G.A.I.A. Center team during Robotics for Good Bolivia
Leadership in actionA space designed for learning by doing
Participants, families and organizers at the Robotics for Good Youth Challenge Bolivia
CommunityBolivian talent supported by a collective
Robotics for Good Bolivia participants with their certificates and robot
LearningIdeas tested in a real challenge
Awarded Robotics for Good Bolivia team presenting its prototypes
RecognitionCelebrating the process also builds the future

BEING A GUARDIAN

It is not a title. It is a way of being in the world.

A Guardian listens before intervening, protects what sustains life, creates responsibly, and works alongside the community. G.A.I.A. Center turns these principles into capabilities for action.

“Caring also means learning to decide, create, and act together.”
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CARE · LEARN · ACTA culture of Guardians is built in community.Conceptual image
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LISTEN
Conceptual image of conscious everyday decisions
CHOOSE
01

Listen

Understand people and place before proposing a response.

02

Care

Protect dignity, community, and Mother Earth.

03

Create

Use knowledge and technology with responsible intent.

04

Act

Turn ideas into measurable, shared action.

MISSION BECOMES PRACTICE

Start with one decision. Continue with a community.

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VERIFIED IMPACT

Bolivia took its talent to a global stage.

In 2025, G.A.I.A. Center co-organized Bolivia’s National Event for the Robotics for Good Youth Challenge, an educational competition within ITU’s AI for Good initiative.

12 APR

National Event

Bolivian teams completed an autonomous disaster-response mission in Santa Cruz.

2 TEAMS

Bolivian champions

J-Bots won the junior category and Jucumari Tech Sports won the senior category.

GENEVA

Grand Finale

Both teams represented Bolivia at the 2025 Robotics for Good Youth Challenge Grand Finale.

ROBOTICS FOR GOOD · BOLIVIA

A story of talent, purpose, and action.

Experience the Robotics for Good Youth Challenge Bolivia and meet the community that turned ideas into solutions.

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Junior team with its robot and certificates

JUNIOR CATEGORY

J-Bots

Ingenuity, autonomy and a story showing how talent grows when opportunity becomes accessible.
Jucumari Tech Sports team with certificates and team banner

SENIOR CATEGORY

Jucumari Tech Sports

Teamwork and open solutions for a rescue mission inspired by real emergencies.
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NEXT HORIZON · BOLIVIA 2026–2027

PROPOSAL IN PLANNING

Bolivian talent for global challenges.

G.A.I.A. Center proposes a national platform connecting education, entrepreneurship, and social impact through two complementary pathways.

01

YOUNG TALENT

Robotics for Good Bolivia

A national chapter to train, challenge, and showcase Junior and Senior teams around the 2026–2027 theme: health emergencies.

  1. 1Convene
  2. 2Prepare
  3. 3Compete
  4. 4Go global
30+teams
150+young people
20+institutions
2categories
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02

SCALABLE INNOVATION

Innovation Factory Bolivia

A local chapter to identify Bolivian startups with AI solutions, strengthen their case, and connect the winner to the global pathway.

  • Selection and due diligence
  • Specialized mentoring
  • Independent jury
  • National pitch and global pathway
WHAT IS EVALUATED

Impact, solution and AI, product and traction, market and scale, responsibility.

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ONE NATIONAL PLATFORM · TWO IMPACT PATHWAYS

Let’s build the next opportunity for Bolivian talent together.

We welcome partners contributing expertise, infrastructure, mentoring, communications, or institutional support.

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Reach figures are planning targets, not achieved results. International participation, dates, and partner benefits depend on current rules, official qualification, and final agreements.

HOW WE WORK

Responsible innovation, rooted in place.

Our method puts people at the center and turns collaboration into lasting capability.

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01 · UNDERSTANDPlace has a voice, too.Conceptual image
Conceptual image of a community testing lower-impact solutions
02 · TEST
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03 · LEARN
We do not bring ready-made answers. We build the capability to decide and act together.
01

Listen

We understand the challenge with those who experience it.

02

Co-design

We create useful responses with local and technical knowledge.

03

Learn by doing

We build capability while testing solutions.

04

Measure and share

We document lessons to improve and scale responsibly.

AREAS OF ACTION

Technology education

Robotics, critical thinking and future-ready skills.

Responsible innovation

Relevant, ethical technology designed with purpose.

Community resilience

Capabilities to anticipate, respond and adapt.

Guardian leadership

People prepared to care for their communities and environment.

Erika López during a real G.A.I.A. Center activity

FIELD → LEARNING → ACTION

OUR ROOTS

Field experience transformed into a new way of acting.

Before founding G.A.I.A. Center, Erika López participated in Bolivia Flying Labs and helped lead Firehawk, a drone-mapping experience for wildfire preparedness. Those lessons helped shape G.A.I.A.’s community-centered approach.

Firehawk was a Bolivia Flying Labs/WeRobotics project that preceded the creation of G.A.I.A. Center.Explore the origin story

COLLABORATION IN ACTION

Impact grows when every ally brings their best.

The 2025 Bolivian edition of Robotics for Good brought together education, fabrication, communications and international coordination.

GLOBAL PROGRAM

  • AI for Good
  • ITU · United Nations

2025 NATIONAL EVENT COLLABORATORS

  • Unifranz
  • FabLab Santa Cruz
  • Radio Mix

The collaborations shown here relate specifically to the 2025 Robotics for Good Bolivia event.

VIDEO LIBRARY & GALLERY

Stories you can see. Learning worth sharing.

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IMPACT · 2025

Robotics for Good Bolivia

Young talent, robotics and a mission inspired by disaster response.

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GUARDIAN COMMUNITY

G.A.I.A. Guardians Training Program

An invitation to turn care, innovation and action into practice.

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MOMENTS FROM OUR STORY

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Santa Cruz · 2025Robotics for Good BoliviaLearning for actionGuardian trainingAction for our environmentViva Bolivia Verde

INITIATIVE IN FORMATION

In formation · Not yet registered

Fundación Guardianes Aliados para la Innovación y la Acción

Explore the initiative for a future public-benefit foundation, currently being formed and registered in Bolivia. It is distinct from G.A.I.A. Center and may collaborate through clear agreements once legally constituted.

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LET’S MAKE SOMETHING MATTER

Bring a challenge. Let’s build a response.

We collaborate with communities, institutions, educators, specialists and companies seeking to turn technology into a tool for the common good.

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