One Media Player per Teacher (OMPT) is a collaborative initiative with several non government organizations (NGOs) to select portable media players, speakers, battery powered video projectors and power generators (solar and human kinetic) for possible deployment to international educational development projects. OMPT specifically targets teachers and students in remote areas in the third world, many of whom are far away from the reach of the Internet.

One goal of OMPT is to raise the awareness of the power of connecting people to crucial information that can improve health, education, and employment opportunities. If every teacher in the developing world had access to professional training and a portable media player, people's lives, even in the remotest of areas would be enriched. Utilizing the EDC's excellent training materials and educational content coupled with portable media players as the delivery mechanism for the educational material, teachers can deploy effective and compelling content that can improve the lives of their students. Whether it be AIDS awareness, health education, career training or just the basics, OMPT can bring portable education to thousands of people who otherwise have no other choices available to them.

Since the late 1970's EDC has been using audio and video (and more recently, digital) content to aid teachers in classrooms and in their own professional development. Today these media-based lessons are often very small digital audio files that are shared via the Internet and delivered over the radio or on small, low-cost portable media players. For example, in Haiti, the teachers use 4 lessons each week delivered by radio.

In more developed economies, we have seen the rapid spread of portable media players (PMPs) and downloadable audio files, including music, books, podcasts, and more. We already take these incredible developments for granted. Our primary use of these files is for casual entertainment. Few have considered the profound effect that PMPs and audio files can have in delivering educational content in the developing world. Rather than simply entertain, these same devices have the potential to save lives, alleviate suffering, and improve the quality of life by educating and training scores of people. This is the goal of OMPT.

Teachers in developing nations need more resources. May it be pre-school, primary, secondary or university; teachers are rare and under qualified in most developing nations. Adult education, professional development and agricultural extension represent more teaching opportunities where PMPs can help.

OMPT hopes to prompt 'in-kind" contributions of hardware and software from manufacturers. OMPT will also seek financial contributions from the private sector.