<div dir="ltr"><div>It would be good if information like this made it onto the wiki</div>
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<div>Possibly on pages like this (which could use some wiki love and reorganization):</div>
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<div><a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Afghanistan">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Afghanistan</a></div>
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<div><a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Afghanistan_Team">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Afghanistan_Team</a><br><br><a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Afghan_volunteer">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Afghan_volunteer</a></div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 6:33 PM, Samuel Klein <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sj@laptop.org">sj@laptop.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">One of OLPC's partners in Afghanistan, PAIWASTOON, is looking for<br>in-country volunteers to help with university outreach and<br>
software/tool development.<br><br>They especially need two software developers to help build their team.<br><br>OLPC in Afghanistan have over 10,000 XOs to work with in the coming<br>months, and PAIWASTOON can offer basic travel and living stipends.<br>
Below is the original call for assistance from Svetla, one of their<br>program organizers, and a leaflet they have made.<br><br>You can contact her directly (svetla >at< <a href="http://paiwastoon.com.af/" target="_blank">paiwastoon.com.af</a> ) for<br>
more information, or follow up on the grassroots mailing list. Please<br>pass this on to anyone who might be interested!<br><br>SJ<br><br><br>===========================================<br>Dear All,<br><br><br>Perhaps Afghanistan is not the first place you think of when considering<br>
your next vacation or internship. But since OLPC are donating 10,000 G1G1<br>machines Afghanistan and is working with the top level of the Ministry of<br>Education this could very well become a showpiece for OLPC in S. Asia.<br>
<br>We are looking for 2 Interns / Graduates / Motivated volunteers to help us<br>building the capacity of the local team. We need to operate university<br>outreach programs, training, and a fair bit of direct server config in<br>
advance of having sufficient locally built capacity. We are looking<br>through various graduate/student/internship organisations.<br><br>We can offer flight support, accommodation, and a living stipend.<br><br>Afghanistan day to day in most provinces and most places remains pretty<br>
safe - one can walk around, go out, visit people using taxis or your own<br>car. Driving can be just a little chaotic, but nowhere near as bad as in<br>India. If you look beyond the media there is a lot to see here,<br>
hospitality that even exceeds other developing countries, and really rapid<br>progress. There are some places (like the south) that are dangerous, but<br>in Kabul and the north things are pretty stable. One just needs to know<br>
places to go to and places to stay away from (like military bases, big<br>foreigner parties, etc).<br><br>Right now we are half way through setting up an open source localisation<br>team for Afghanistan and building the open source community. For those of<br>
you who are more interested in remote contributions to Afghanistan<br>specifically, a chance is here too.<br><br>Afghanistan could be the case study that shows the ability of the XO to be<br>at the center of redevelopment. If we can make the XO work here - then we<br>
can prove to the world that it can work almost anywhere! You might hear<br>on the news about the chronic waste of money out here, the hundreds of<br>millions missing, wasted, and worse. And you know how cost effectively the<br>
XO can change that. The great thing about Afghanistan, is being a<br>development work in progress, we can together, and will, improve that<br>situation. I hope we can find some people to join us on the ground and<br>help make that happen.<br>
<br>For info about OLPC Afghanistan please visit <a href="http://www.olpc.af/" target="_blank">www.olpc.af</a>.<br><br>Thanks/Regards,<br><br>-Svetla<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!)<br>
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