[OLPC India] OLPC Afghanistan starting!

[sapan kadakia]

hey for how long is the requirement for afghanistan....i mean the duration
of stay..

On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 5:48 AM, Holden Bonwit <hbonwit at gmail.com> wrote:

> Edward, I completely agree with your comment about the need for students to
> have their own laptop (eg. not share hardware), and to be able to take them
> home after school hours.
> Svetlana, this summer I taught students in India with the OLPCs, and I
> published our lessons (both lesson plans and things to change for the next
> deployment) on the web:
> http://whereisholden.blogspot.com/search?q=OLPC
>
> Best,
>
> -Holden
>
>
> On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 10:56 AM, Edward Cherlin <echerlin at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 2:42 AM, Svetlana Senajova
>> <svetla at paiwastoon.com.af> wrote:
>> > Dear All,
>> >
>> > Perhaps Afghanistan is not the first place you think of when considering
>> > your next vacation or internship.  But since OLPC are donating 10,000
>> G1G1
>> > machines to Afghanistan and is working with the top level of the
>> Ministry
>> > of Education this could very well become a showpiece for OLPC in S.
>> Asia.
>> >
>> > Other 1,000 XO laptops are donated by telecommunication company Roshan
>> and
>> > PAIWASTOON Networking Services Ltd. is responsible for the complete
>> > project implementation in upcoming months. XOs will be introduced to
>> more
>> > than 85,000 children as they will not be deployed at 1XO to 1 child but
>> 21
>> > XOs to 1 school in form of a computer lab, reaching 283 schools across
>> the
>> > country.
>>
>> That is a great shame. One of the most important aspects of the OLPC
>> program is the ability of children to own their XOs and take them
>> home. They get the greatest advantages of mesh networking and
>> collaborative software not in class, but when doing homework together.
>> It is also essential for parents to see what the children are doing.
>>
>> > We are looking for 2 Interns / Graduates / Motivated volunteers to help
>> us
>> > building the capacity of the local team.  We need to operate university
>> > outreach programs, training, and a fair bit of direct server config in
>> > advance of having sufficient locally built capacity.   We are looking
>> > through various graduate/student/internship organisations.
>> >
>> > We can offer flight support, accommodation, and a living stipend.
>> >
>> > Afghanistan day to day in most provinces and most places remains pretty
>> > safe - one can walk around, go out, visit people using taxis or your own
>> > car.  Driving can be just a little chaotic, but nowhere near as bad as
>> in
>> > India.  If you look beyond the media there is a lot to see here,
>> > hospitality that even exceeds other developing countries, and really
>> rapid
>> > progress.  There are some places (like the south) that are dangerous,
>> but
>> > in Kabul and the north things are pretty stable.  One just needs to know
>> > places to go to and places to stay away from (like military bases, big
>> > foreigner parties, etc).
>> >
>> > Right now we are half way through setting up an open source localisation
>> > team for Afghanistan and building the open source community.  For those
>> of
>> > you who are more interested in remote contributions to Afghanistan
>> > specifically, a chance is here too.
>> >
>> > Afghanistan could be the case study that shows the ability of the XO to
>> be
>> > at the center of redevelopment. If we can make the XO work here - then
>> we
>> > can prove to the world that it can work almost anywhere!  You might hear
>> > on the news about the chronic waste of money out here, the hundreds of
>> > millions missing, wasted, and worse. And you know how cost effectively
>> the
>> > XO can change that.  The great thing about Afghanistan, is being a
>> > development work in progress, we can together, and will, improve that
>> > situation.  I hope we can find some people to join us on the ground and
>> > help make that happen.
>> >
>> > For info about OLPC Afghanistan please visit www.olpc.af or email me at
>> > svetla at paiwastoon.com.af.
>> >
>> > Thanks/Regards,
>> >
>> > -Svetla
>> >
>> > Svetlana Senajova
>> > Business Development Director
>> > PAIWASTOON Networking Services Ltd.
>> > svetla at paiwastoon.com.af
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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