[Grassroots-l] OLPC in Tunisia?

[Sameer Verma]

On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 3:48 PM, Edward Cherlin <echerlin at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 15:48, Sameer Verma <sverma at sfsu.edu> wrote:
>> Anything happening in Tunisia? One of my students (who is from
>> Tunisia) wants to know.
>
> A Google search shows that the Ministry of Education expressed
> interest in 2007, at the time of the World Summit on the Information
> Society in Tunisia, and nothing since.
>
> So the question is whether your student has the skills and temperament
> to start OLPC Tunisia. What do Tunisians think about it? What NGOs are
> active in Tunisia? Where is Tunisia now on ICT, education,
> development, civil society, whatever is relevant?
>
> But i have to ask, why couldn't your student find the answer to the
> original question? I know you teach research skills. Is there some
> disconnect?
>
>> cheers,
>> Sameer
>> --

Ed,
We found all the things you mentioned through web searches. I am
looking for specific OLPC and olpc efforts, if any.

cheers,
Sameer