An Aruba speech platform is bringing language-development tools into schools in an effort to give teachers and parents more support while children wait for individual services.
Speech therapist Celina Oduber founded the digital platform Pa mi yiu after observing what she described as a waiting list of more than one year for speech-language intervention in Aruba.
Support moves into the classroom
Pa mi yiu is designed to make speech and language exercises available within education. The initiative provides tools for teachers and parents and includes a group-therapy approach, according to the project profile published by Impact Hub Aruba.
A pilot was carried out during the 2025-26 school year at Trupial Kleuterschool. The source described the results as positive but did not provide numerical outcomes, so further evaluation data would be needed to measure the program’s effect.
The approach reflects an effort to support children in familiar settings rather than relying only on one-to-one appointments. It does not replace the need for appropriately qualified assessment and care when those services are required.
From clinical work to local enterprise
Oduber developed the project while participating in Aruba’s entrepreneurship network. Impact Hub Aruba provided an incubator environment and business support as the concept moved from an observed community need toward a working educational tool.
She has also launched Humenture, described in the profile as her third startup. That venture focuses on the human dimension of work as artificial intelligence plays a larger role in the economy.
Next steps for the platform
The school pilot provides an early example of how Pa mi yiu may be used. Details about a wider rollout, participating schools or measured outcomes were not announced in the source report.
Any expansion will depend on collaboration with schools, families and professionals, as well as evidence that the tools deliver useful support for children’s language development.
Source: Information based on an Impact Hub Aruba profile reported by 24ora.
