By Chloe Everhart 

F-droid is a Free and Open Source app store for android platforms. 

To download the F-droid app store, go to https://f-droid.org from a browser on your mobile device and click, “download F-droid”

F-droid currently offers two dictionary apps in Esperanto, PreVo and Senreta Vortaro. You can see them at: 

https://search.f-droid.org/?q=esperanto&lang=en

I’m hoping sharing F-droid as the site of the week will encourage more Esperantist programmers to offer their apps through F-droid.

Passed on by Humphrey Tokin. Sad news from China:

Karaj komitatanoj,

En lastaj tagoj, ni ricevis multajn mesaghojn el diversaj landoj por esprimi ilian konsolon al la china popolo, nun mi raportas la situacion:

Nun en Chinio ghis la 1-a de februaro estas 11890 homoj infektitaj de pneuhmonio kauzita de la nova koronari-viruso, kaj nun la lando rapidigas la esploron de vakcio, por limigi la epidemion la registaro longigis la feriojn por ke chinoj restu hejme. 

Ghis nun neniu chinaj esperantistoj kaj iliaj parencoj estas infektitaj. 

Dankon por via atento kaj bondeziro! Sanon kaj ghojon al vi!

amike via,

Chen Ji

Direktoro de E-sekcio de El Popola Ĉinio

Komitatano A de Ĉina Esperanto-Ligo

Tel: 86 10 68996130；13126784506

 Adr. P.O.Kesto 77, Beijing CN-100037, Ĉinio

English Translation:

Dear Committee Members,

In last days, we received many messages from different countries to express their consolation to the Chinese people, now I report the situation: 

Now in China, until the 1st of February, 11,890 people are infected from pneumonia caused by the new Corona Virus, and now the country is making rapidly the exploration of a vaccine, to make limited the epidemic, the Chinese government lengthened the vacation that the Chinese remain home.

Until now, no Chinese Esperantists & family members are infected.

Thank you for your attention and good wishes. Health and joy to you.

Friendly yours,

Dankon al Marc Konijnenberg!

Everyday news now available in Esperanto:

https://www.liberafolio.org/2020/01/29/ciutagaj-novajoj-de-la-mondo-nun-en-esperanto/

From UEA Facila, an article about the Free Esperanto Course! This is great information. Please check it out. https://uea.facila.org/artikoloj/tra-la-reto/senpaga-kurso-por-anglalingvanoj/3

Exploring Esperanto 

La Radiodramo “Kviztorio” ĉe NASK 2016 https://youtu.be/gBbUqDd9boA

“Somewhere Over the Rainbow” in Esperanto https://youtu.be/DXCacFRCwrY

If you are student of Esperanto who has recently finished a basic course such as Duolingo or Lernu and want to get your feet wet in reading Esperanto, but not necessarily about Esperanto, then consider checking out Kontakto! As a reader of Kontakto you will have access to articles on a variety of topics from sports, science, and social issues. The best part of Kontakto is that it is accessible for those with relatively little experience in Esperanto, making it an ideal practice tool and entry point into Esperantujo.

One of the coolest things about Esperanto has always been the colorful and varied backgrounds of its speakers. Since Kontakto is a TEJO publication (and by extension, UEA), you can be sure that multiple viewpoints from the wonderful Esperanto family are shared! For nearly six decades Kontakto has supplied the Esperanto youth with a wealth of relevant and current material. Come take a look, subscribe, and perhaps contribute to Kontakto’s long-running legacy!

You can find TEJO’s Kontakto page here: https://www.tejo.org/en/agadoj/revuo-kontakto/

Visit the Kontakto page here: http://kontakto.tejo.org/

You can also visit Esperanto USA’s online shop for a subscription: https://retbutiko.esperanto-usa.org/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=18333

In case you missed it.

http://freakonomics.com/podcast/why-learn-esperanto-special-feature/

2020-April-24 to 2020-April-26

SPRING ESPERANTO GATHERING

2020 PER (Printempa Esperanto-Renkontiĝo) is the annual Esperanto gathering of the Southeast Region of Esperanto-USA

2020-June-28 to 2020-July-04

NASK 2020, at William Peace University in North Carolina

https://nask.esperanto-usa.org

2020-July-31 to 2020-August-01

MEK (Montrealo Esperanto-Kurseto) Two-day Esperanto course in Montreal. Get ready for the world Esperanto congress from 1-8 August. Visit https://www.esperantic.org/en/montrealo_2020/ for details and to sign up.

Donate to Esperanto-USA when you purchase through Amazon Smile (https://smile.amazon.com) and select ELNA (Esperanto League for North America, E-USA’s formal name) as the charity.

Esperanto-USA Welcomes new members. First time applicants who have completed a course such as Duolingo or Lernu are eligible for a $5 online membership. For more information, visit: or participate in the Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/usono/

Esperantic Studies Foundation Fellowship at the University of Massachusetts

https://www.esperantic.org/en/2020/01/26/esperantic-studies-foundation-fellowship-at-the-university-of-massachusetts/