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                              now, voting for the latest OLPC/Sugar<br>
                              community projects over IRC Live Chat, to
                              make the best project<br>
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                              * Fast Review of the 8 latest (greatest!)
                              HW/Project Proposals -- please<br>
                               join us advocating for, and/or reviewing
                              shortcomings of these proposals:<br>
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                               1. Low Cost English Centre (LCEC) -
                              Democratic Republic of Congo<br>
                               2. Serving Servite - St. Ann, Jamaica<br>
                               3. Malawi Pen Pal Global Outreach -
                              Austin, Texas<br>
                               4. Piensa en Verde - Managua, Nicaragua<br>
                               5. "Skipping Stone" Travelling support
                              team - Warsaw, Poland<br>
                               6. UV Light Water Purifier USB - Ecuador<br>
                               7. Interactive Learning and Cultural
                              Preservation in the Ecuadorian Amazon -
                              Quito, Ecuador<br>
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                              1. Low Cost English Centre (LCEC)<br>
                                
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                                 SPECIFIC SITE NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF <a
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                                href="http://olpcMAP.net">http://olpcMAP.net</a>
                              &amp; <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
                                href="http://j.mp/6UhCtd">http://j.mp/6UhCtd</a><br>
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                                 Requests 20 XOs over 60 months<br>
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                                 Project Objectives: (excerpt)<br>
                                 The major objective of the LCEC (Low
                              Cost English Centre) Project consists<br>
                                 to offer, at no charge, the English
                              language training to secondary school<br>
                                 pupils throughout our territory, Uvira.
                              Teachers at all levels (from<br>
                                 Pre-School to University) in country
                              depend upon the meagre monthly<br>
                                 contributions from pupils/students'
                              parents whose over 90% of them are<br>
                                 crossing an extreme poverty. A fact
                              that makes it harder to request<br>
                                 payments from resourceless
                              children/youths.<br>
                              <br>
                                 As to your information, there is a
                              number of specific activities planned<br>
                                 to be achieved by the LCEC Project as
                              to make more consistent &amp;<br>
                                 significant the training being offered,
                              as well as forming up really<br>
                                 skillful English-speaking youths for a
                              brighter future of themselves<br>
                                 and the one of the whole community.<br>
                              <br>
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                              2. Serving Servite - St. Ann, Jamaica<br>
                                
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                                 <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://servingservite.wordpress.com">http://servingservite.wordpress.com</a><br>
                                 SPECIFIC SITE NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF <a
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                                href="http://olpcMAP.net">http://olpcMAP.net</a>
                              &amp; <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
                                href="http://j.mp/6UhCtd">http://j.mp/6UhCtd</a><br>
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                                 Requests 100 XOs over 24 months<br>
                                 <br>
                                 Project Objectives:<br>
                                 Our core objective is to provide
                              information technology to our students who<br>
                                 range from ages 5-11.  This objective
                              will equip and empower our students<br>
                                 to become better persons and to make
                              better communities and a better country.<br>
                                 In this 21st century when even piped
                              water is a luxury; these students will<br>
                                 be able to learn outside of their
                              borders and to dream and think as world<br>
                                 citizens and not to grovel in their
                              meagre existence.<br>
                              <br>
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                              3. Malawi Pen Pal Global Outreach -
                              Austin, Texas<br>
                                
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                              <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://web.me.com/shpcstudentministry/Youth_Mission/OUR_STORY_FILM.html">http://web.me.com/shpcstudentministry/Youth_Mission/OUR_STORY_FILM.html</a><br>
                                 SPECIFIC SITE NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF <a
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                                href="http://olpcMAP.net">http://olpcMAP.net</a>
                              &amp; <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
                                href="http://j.mp/6UhCtd">http://j.mp/6UhCtd</a><br>
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                                 Requests 2 XOs over 9 months<br>
                              <br>
                                 Project Objectives:<br>
                                 Increase the number of students in
                              Manyamula and Mzuzu with access to
                              textbooks <br>
                                 and communication tools. Create a
                              faster Pen Pal project to increase the <br>
                                 exchange between the youth in America
                              and those in partner churches and cities <br>
                                 in Malawi. <br>
                              <br>
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                              4. Piensa en Verde - Managua, Nicaragua<br>
                                
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                                 <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://sistemascastros.netne.net">http://sistemascastros.netne.net</a><br>
                                 SPECIFIC SITE NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF <a
                                class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
                                href="http://olpcMAP.net">http://olpcMAP.net</a>
                              &amp; <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
                                href="http://j.mp/6UhCtd">http://j.mp/6UhCtd</a><br>
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                                 Requests 2 XOs over 12 months<br>
                                 <br>
                                 Project Objectives:<br>
                                 Develop in students the skills and
                              sugar management andcapacity building<br>
                                 activities in the teachers themselves
                              to developtheir class projects based<br>
                                 on the different activities and to
                              shareequally all the knowledge gained with<br>
                                 other projects.<br>
                              <br>
                                 Past Experience/Qualifications:<br>
                                 Currently I have worked with several
                              royal colleges in the country with the<br>
                                 draft of the XO-1 and XO-1.5, which I
                              have emphasizedmy efforts to help<br>
                                 improve the learning capabilities of
                              local technicians and development<br>
                                 activities, support the
                              differentactivities when integrating the
                              learning<br>
                                 curriculum models of Nicaragua, which I
                              have been able to centralize all<br>
                                 the projects that have a minimum of
                              laptops to home zacarias war in order<br>
                                 to have a better answer to the problems
                              of the XO.<br>
                              <br>
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                              5. "Skipping Stone" Travelling support
                              team - Warsaw, Poland<br>
                                
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                              <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Petros.Polonos/Travelling_support_team">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Petros.Polonos/Travelling_support_team</a><br>
                                 <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://olpc.freesailor.info">http://olpc.freesailor.info</a><br>
                                 <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://hackerspace.pl">http://hackerspace.pl</a><br>
                                 SPECIFIC SITE NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF <a
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                                href="http://olpcMAP.net">http://olpcMAP.net</a>
                              &amp; <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
                                href="http://j.mp/6UhCtd">http://j.mp/6UhCtd</a><br>
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                                 Requests 2 XOs over 5? months<br>
                              <br>
                                 Project Objectives:<br>
                                 Support team training<br>
                              <br>
                                 We are going to get involved in OLPC
                              deployment and support on the long-term<br>
                                 basis. This project's first goal is to
                              give us practical knowledge of the<br>
                                 system.<br>
                              <br>
                                 - Setting up local community network in
                              the heterogeneous environment.<br>
                                 - Setting up and maintenance of XS in
                              the ad hoc network.<br>
                                 - Daily maintenance and configuration.<br>
                              <br>
                                 As a result, OLPC community will obtain
                              a permanent travelling team, ready<br>
                                 to provide support in various areas. As
                              our experience grow, we shall also<br>
                                 be able to train and support short-term
                              volunteers, as needed.<br>
                              <br>
                                 Base for future Polish grassroot pilot<br>
                              <br>
                                 As of Feb. 6th, 2011, we are actively
                              looking for contact with educators in<br>
                                 Poland, interested in OLPC as an
                              alternative educational project. Our<br>
                                 knowledge and experience with the
                              system will be used to introduce<br>
                                 non-technical partners and let them get
                              familiar with the solution.<br>
                              <br>
                              <br>
                              6. UV Light Water Purifier USB - Ecuador<br>
                                
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                                 SPECIFIC SITE NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF <a
                                class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
                                href="http://olpcMAP.net">http://olpcMAP.net</a>
                              &amp; <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
                                href="http://j.mp/6UhCtd">http://j.mp/6UhCtd</a><br>
                              <br>
                                 Requests 2 XOs over 12 months<br>
                              <br>
                                 Project Objectives:<br>
                                 Create a UV water sterilization lamp
                              that attaches to a USB port on the OLPC<br>
                                 and will last long enough to sterilize
                              several liters of water on one battery<br>
                                 charge.  This has humanitarian
                              implications as well as educational uses.<br>
                                 It also promotes usefulness of the OLPC
                              in regions where water quality is<br>
                                 questionable and as an emergency
                              response equipment in disaster areas.<br>
                              <br>
                              <br>
                              7. Interactive Learning and Cultural
                              Preservation in the Ecuadorian Amazon -
                              Quito, Ecuador<br>
                                
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                              <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
                                href="http://activities.sugarlabs.org/es-ES/sugar/addon/4360"></a>
                                 SPECIFIC SITE NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF <a
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                                href="http://olpcMAP.net">http://olpcMAP.net</a>
                              &amp; <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
                                href="http://j.mp/6UhCtd">http://j.mp/6UhCtd</a><br>
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                                 Requests 8 XOs over 6? months<br>
                              <br>
                                 Project Objectives:<br>
                                 There are several concurrent objectives
                              of this project. Principally, we<br>
                                 plan to begin building an
                              audio-dictionary of the native language of
                              the<br>
                                 Siona people and to use it to help the
                              young people learn their ancestral<br>
                                 tongue. The secondary objective is to
                              achieve measurable learning outcomes<br>
                                 primarily in math, science, English,
                              and Spanish amongst a group of children<br>
                                 that shows little to no progress under
                              more standard teaching paradigms. The<br>
                                 tertiary objective is to allow parents
                              (many of whom are illiterate) to<br>
                                 advance their own educational levels by
                              using their son or daughter´s<br>
                                 machine.<br>
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