<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Hello Samy, </font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Nia here from OLPCorps. Thanks very
much for the assistance you are offering to the team in Madagascar. The
latest report - The team will provide official documentation stating that
the deployment site is an actual school. All OLPCorps shipments were
accompanied with paperwork stating that the laptops are a donation and
are not for re-sale. We are all hoping that after the June 26th holiday
which has slowed everything down, the package will be released. </font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Thanks to all for this combined effort!</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Nia</font>
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<br><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Sent by: grassroots-bounces@lists.laptop.org</font>
<p><font size=1 face="sans-serif">06/24/09 07:22 AM</font>
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<br><tt><font size=2>Hi,<br>
<br>
Actually, at least one OLPCorps shipment is retained by the Customs due
to the<br>
customs duties claimed by the Customs administration, as it is the case
in<br>
Tananarivo/Madagascar.<br>
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The emerging malagasian grassroot community is trying to solve this issue
and<br>
one solution been cited by 2 people (one book publisher and one university<br>
professor) consists to refer to the "Florence Agreement on the Importation
of<br>
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials".<br>
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For more information, see:<br>
</font></tt><a href="http://portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev.php-URL_ID=35104&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html"><tt><font size=2>http://portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev.php-URL_ID=35104&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html<br>
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Hoping that this hint may help some deployment project facing a similar
issue<br>
with the local customs administration.<br>
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Best regards<br>
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Samy<br>
OLPC France<br>
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