<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear Mr. Leonard, Mr. Holt, Mr. Battley,</div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex; ">
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<div dir="ltr"><div>Catalyst for Hope Project - Sri Lanka - UPDATE</div></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote><div> Answers to questions brought up via e-mail and Sep 28 LiveChat:</div><div><br></div><div>1) <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b>Sinhala translation of Sugar UI</b>: We have found a great volunteer, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Pahan Charithanga in Sri Lanka to help with that. This is what he said regarding the e-mail from Mr. Leonard.</span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">"I contributed OLPC during my internship period and I am ready to contribute again. We conducted some teachers workshops and provided technical assistance for them. I can talk to people who worked with me and get their involvement as well. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">For the translation of the UI we can get sinhala blogging community, and university student's contributions. All we have to do is make aware about the project". </span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Pahan's contact: <b><a href="mailto:pahan123@gmail.com">pahan123@gmail.com</a></b></span></div>
<br style="font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">2. Dr. Jayantha has talked in depth with the local school staff: here are her comments - </span><div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">" -- We can get the maximum support from the school staff. One or two dedicated teachers are possible to get trained. </span><br style="font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "> -- Internet access is also possible. </span><br style="font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "> -- Graders 8 and 9 (12-14 years old) are better suited for the project" - for now. </span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">3. Electricity is available at school.</span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">We are eager to move forward with this. Please let us know what the next step is to get OLPC laptops to Sri Lanka. </span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Thanks</span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Yohan</span></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 5:44 PM, Chris Leonard <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cjlhomeaddress@gmail.com">cjlhomeaddress@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr"><div>If you or your friends could help complete the translation of the Sugar UI that runs on the XO laptop into:</div></div></blockquote></div><div>Tamil:<br><a href="http://translate.sugarlabs.org/ta/" target="_blank">http://translate.sugarlabs.org/ta/</a><br>
or Sinhala:<br><a href="http://translate.sugarlabs.org/si/" target="_blank">http://translate.sugarlabs.org/si/</a><br>It would be a very nice way of giving back in a manner that would help both your kids and others in Sri Lanka.<br>
cjl<br>Sugar Labs Translation Team Coordinator<br><br></div></div>
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