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How to help — if you want to
No obligation. But since you're reading this, here are the specific things that would actually move the project forward, in case any of them are easy for you.
The asks below are scoped to Stage 1 — the current stage. Different help is useful at different stages, so if you want to understand why these are the right asks right now (and what kinds of help will be useful later), the Goals page lays out the staged arc.
The most useful thing
An introduction in Paraguay
If you know — or know someone who knows — anyone at any of these organizations, an email introduction is worth more than anything else on this page:
- DMH / DINAC (Paraguay's national met service)
- Itaipú Binacional (the dam authority — particularly their meteorology & hydrology division)
- MAG — Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería
- Soybean cooperatives — Colonias Unidas, Volendam, Pirapó, La Paz, Naranjal
- Universidad Nacional de Asunción (UNA) — agronomy, atmospheric sciences, or agricultural engineering faculty
- USDA Foreign Agricultural Service covering Paraguay (typically the Buenos Aires regional office)
Other useful things
Spanish-speaking research analyst recommendations
I'm hiring a Paraguayan bilingual research analyst through Workana. If you know anyone in Asunción with prior government / NGO / research experience who'd be a fit, an introduction skips the whole applicant-vetting process. Budget is $500–1,500 over 90 days for ~30–60 hours of work.
Honest critique of the demo
The technical demo is at stellar-pika-fa02e6.netlify.app. If you have a few minutes to look at it and tell me where it's confusing, where the framing falls flat, or where a non-technical reader would lose the thread — that feedback is genuinely useful.
Especially valuable from someone who isn't a meteorologist or a machine learning engineer.
Newsletter / blog amplification
If you write or post anywhere, mentioning the work — particularly with a link to the demo — helps. The project is mostly invisible right now; any non-zero exposure is helpful, especially in agriculture, climate, or AI-applications channels.
Strategic advice
If you have experience getting research products into government or institutional channels in Latin America, or with US-Paraguay development cooperation, or with bilingual outreach in Spanish-speaking markets — I'd love a 20-minute conversation.
Things that don't help (so you don't feel like you have to)
- Funding offers — the budget is small and self-funded for a reason. Money isn't the bottleneck right now; access is.
- Suggestions to add another model — see Track 3 on the plan page. The model is fine; the gap is operational.
- Generic networking offers — "I'll think about who I know" rarely converts to an actual intro. If you have a specific person in mind, please name them. If you don't, please don't worry about it.
How to reach me
Email: kevin@autoworkz.org. Reply to whatever message brought you to this page.
If you do have an introduction to make: a quick "Kevin, meet [person]; [person], Kevin is working on AI weather forecasting for Paraguay's agricultural sector — here's the demo link" is the format that works. Don't write me a long preamble; just connect us.
Last page: the appendix — extra detail for anyone who's curious about the technical specifics or wants to see the source materials.