Un dångkulo na si Yu'os ma'åse to everyone who has contributed here! Your generosity has truly fueled our work, and I am excited to share how your gifts will be used this year. Here is a quick breakdown of the key areas your contributions will support in 2025:
Wordpress Blog, $48 annually: Keeps our WordPress site running ad-free, hosting all the lessons, stories, songs, and audio files we share.
Transkribus OCR, $99 annually: Speeds up the transcription of Chamorro stories and texts from scanned PDFs, making them more readable and accessible.
Zoom Subscription, $160 annually: Powers our weekly online practice groups (Praktikan Ogga'an and Praktikan Pupuengi), where learners gather to study and speak Chamorro.
Midjourney AI Subscription, $96 annually: Helps us create custom illustrations for the Chamorro stories we post on the blog, bringing them to life.
Power BI Subscription, $120 annually: Enables our ongoing online dictionary project, combining Chamorro dictionaries and word lists into a single, searchable resource.
Thank-you so much for everything you do to learn the Chamorro language and to make it part of your life! I look forward to sharing new lessons and resources, and to gathering with you in our online practice groups this year. Here's to another great year of learning and speaking the Chamorro language!