[Grassroots-l] OLPC in DR/Dominican Republic & Haiti [68078]

[Benji Smith]

I would absolutely love to come - I deployed three XO's near Las Galeras on
the Samana Peninsula - but I have school and it would be completely
impossible for me to make it to the DR. I went there last summer to deploy
the computers and hope to return with more, possibly in February, if I am
able to get anymore. My blog is located here -
https://sites.google.com/site/laptopsforthedominican/ . I try to update it
as often as possible but school, band, and sports get in the way all of the
time.

I would love to meet with you the next time I go down, hopefully this
February or next summer.

On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 9:36 PM, Holt <holt at laptop.org> wrote:

>  Dear Isabella,
>
> Can we have an OLPC dinner in Santo Domingo early evening Saturday Oct 30?
> I arrive from OLPC's Boston office that afternoon, and will be working with
> OLPC's volunteer coordinator for the Dominican Republic (Ivan, himself also
> a volunteer).  We would love to see you and others if so!
>
> We'll be discussing OLPC/Sugar-like opportunities in the DR and Haiti first
> and foremost, inviting anybody you and Ivan feel will contribute to the
> discussion.
>
> While also sharing details from the OLPC/Sugar Community's largest ever
> contributor/volunteer summit, taking place just 1 week prior in San
> Francisco:
>
>     http://olpcSF.org/CommunitySummit2010/people.php
>
> Thanks for considering!  Please invite the people you believe take
> modernizing education most seriously, no matter their age -- or all 28
> million from the Caribbean's most populous island if you prefer, where I
> can't wait to set foot ;)
> --Holt (OLPC Community Support Manager)
>
> *PS I'm paying for this 2-week Haiti exploration myself, as my 1st ever
> vacation from OLPC in 3 years, trying to rebuild this Port-au-Prince school
> (http://blueTarpSchool.blogspot.com) with a group of close friends, and
> very strongly welcome suggestions from all.*
>
>
> On 10/5/2010 3:05 PM, Isabella Linares Barrientos wrote:
>
> Thanks! i will contact them! Thanks!!
>
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 9:14 AM, Bastien <bastien.guerry at wikimedia.fr>wrote:
>
>> Hi Isabella,
>>
>> I would recommend you taking a close look at this program:
>>
>>  http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Contributors_program
>>
>> You can get XO for small projects through it, this is a good step
>> toward larger deployements.
>>
>> OLPC talks with governments: contacts between Dominican Republic
>> and OLPC need to be quite formal at some point, depending on how
>> much the country is prepared to commit into a deployment.
>>
>> But the larger OLPC community (essentially made of volunteers like
>> me) is always here to provide advice and help at any scale, so feel
>> free to start your own project and to let things blossom from there.
>>
>> All the best,
>>
>> --
>>  Bastien
>
>


-- 
Benji Smith

"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the
opportunity in every difficulty." - Winston Churchill
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