<div>When it comes to OLPC,I just dont know what or where we will land.</div>
<div>Here we are discussing Afganistan- when we have been waiting in India to find a way out to get the XO to our kids.</div>
<div>How does this info and discussion benefit any of us?</div>
<div>Its congratulations Afganistan-now what?</div>
<div>Will someone help me out?</div>
<div>G<br> </div>
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From: "Svetlana Senajova" <<a href="mailto:svetla@paiwastoon.com.af">svetla@paiwastoon.com.af</a>><br>Subject: Re: [OLPC India] OLPC Afghanistan starting!<br>To: "sapan kadakia" <<a href="mailto:sapankadakia@gmail.com">sapankadakia@gmail.com</a>><br>
Cc: Holden Bonwit <<a href="mailto:hbonwit@gmail.com">hbonwit@gmail.com</a>>, Svetlana Senajova<br> <<a href="mailto:svetla@paiwastoon.com.af">svetla@paiwastoon.com.af</a>>, <a href="mailto:india@lists.laptop.org">india@lists.laptop.org</a><br>
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<br>Dear Sapan,<br><br>the minimum requirement would be for 6 months, flight ticket supported,<br>accommodation, food and stipend provided. If you are interested in coming<br>or being a part of volunteer team, please email me to<br>
<a href="mailto:svetla@paiwastoon.com.af">svetla@paiwastoon.com.af</a> with your CV and areas where you think you can<br>contribute to OLPC. Thank you!<br><br><br>To Holden:<br>Thanks you for the link! I will have a look into it and get in touch with<br>
you if more things need to be discussed.<br><br><br><br>To Edward:<br><br>Thanks for your points. The idea behind this is that more children have<br>access to computer, as the supply is very limited - don't forget that<br>
Afghanistan is one of the poorest countries in the world. Besides that the<br>computers will be in the school where all children will have a chance to<br>get to know computer, their parents will have access to it in the evenings<br>
to get a learning for themselves - e.g. about hygiene, about how to start<br>a business, how to get better crops out of their fields, connecting to<br>buyers and supplies of agricultural products etc. And this shall at the<br>
end prove that it can contribute to economic development of the rural and<br>urban areas and that in the future when parents' standard of their living<br>increases they can purchase XO themselves and whole family - both children<br>
and parents can use it thus leading to 1XO per 1child :)<br><br>It is per wish of Ministry of Education and with support of USAID/ASMED<br>and hopefully will be a new way of how XO can help in developing world.<br><br><br>
<br>Kind Regards,<br><br>Svetla<br><br><br><br>> hey for how long is the requirement for afghanistan....i mean the duration<br>> of stay..<br>><br>> On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 5:48 AM, Holden Bonwit <<a href="mailto:hbonwit@gmail.com">hbonwit@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>>> Edward, I completely agree with your comment about the need for students<br>>> to<br>>> have their own laptop (eg. not share hardware), and to be able to take<br>>> them<br>>> home after school hours.<br>
>> Svetlana, this summer I taught students in India with the OLPCs, and I<br>>> published our lessons (both lesson plans and things to change for the<br>>> next<br>>> deployment) on the web:<br>>> <a href="http://whereisholden.blogspot.com/search?q=OLPC">http://whereisholden.blogspot.com/search?q=OLPC</a><br>
>><br>>> Best,<br>>><br>>> -Holden<br>>><br>>><br>>> On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 10:56 AM, Edward Cherlin<br>>> <<a href="mailto:echerlin@gmail.com">echerlin@gmail.com</a>>wrote:<br>
>><br>>>> On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 2:42 AM, Svetlana Senajova<br>>>> <<a href="mailto:svetla@paiwastoon.com.af">svetla@paiwastoon.com.af</a>> wrote:<br>>>> > Dear All,<br>>>> ><br>
>>> > Perhaps Afghanistan is not the first place you think of when<br>>>> considering<br>>>> > your next vacation or internship. But since OLPC are donating 10,000<br>>>> G1G1<br>
>>> > machines to Afghanistan and is working with the top level of the<br>>>> Ministry<br>>>> > of Education this could very well become a showpiece for OLPC in S.<br>>>> Asia.<br>
>>> ><br>>>> > Other 1,000 XO laptops are donated by telecommunication company<br>>>> Roshan<br>>>> and<br>>>> > PAIWASTOON Networking Services Ltd. is responsible for the complete<br>
>>> > project implementation in upcoming months. XOs will be introduced to<br>>>> more<br>>>> > than 85,000 children as they will not be deployed at 1XO to 1 child<br>>>> but<br>>>> 21<br>
>>> > XOs to 1 school in form of a computer lab, reaching 283 schools<br>>>> across<br>>>> the<br>>>> > country.<br>>>><br>>>> That is a great shame. One of the most important aspects of the OLPC<br>
>>> program is the ability of children to own their XOs and take them<br>>>> home. They get the greatest advantages of mesh networking and<br>>>> collaborative software not in class, but when doing homework together.<br>
>>> It is also essential for parents to see what the children are doing.<br>>>><br>>>> > We are looking for 2 Interns / Graduates / Motivated volunteers to<br>>>> help<br>>>> us<br>
>>> > building the capacity of the local team. We need to operate<br>>>> university<br>>>> > outreach programs, training, and a fair bit of direct server config<br>>>> 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<br>
>>> pretty<br>>>> > safe - one can walk around, go out, visit people using taxis or your<br>>>> own<br>>>> > car. Driving can be just a little chaotic, but nowhere near as bad<br>
>>> as<br>>>> 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<br>>>> rapid<br>
>>> > progress. There are some places (like the south) that are dangerous,<br>>>> but<br>>>> > in Kabul and the north things are pretty stable. One just needs to<br>>>> know<br>
>>> > places to go to and places to stay away from (like military bases,<br>>>> big<br>>>> > foreigner parties, etc).<br>>>> ><br>>>> > Right now we are half way through setting up an open source<br>
>>> localisation<br>>>> > team for Afghanistan and building the open source community. For<br>>>> those<br>>>> 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<br>>>> to<br>>>> be<br>>>> > at the center of redevelopment. If we can make the XO work here -<br>
>>> then<br>>>> we<br>>>> > can prove to the world that it can work almost anywhere! You might<br>>>> hear<br>>>> > on the news about the chronic waste of money out here, the hundreds<br>
>>> of<br>>>> > millions missing, wasted, and worse. And you know how cost<br>>>> effectively<br>>>> 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<br>>>> and<br>>>> > help make that happen.<br>
>>> ><br>>>> > For info about OLPC Afghanistan please visit <a href="http://www.olpc.af">www.olpc.af</a> or email me<br>>>> at<br>>>> > <a href="mailto:svetla@paiwastoon.com.af">svetla@paiwastoon.com.af</a>.<br>
>>> ><br>>>> > Thanks/Regards,<br>>>> ><br>>>> > -Svetla<br>>>> ><br>>>> > Svetlana Senajova<br>>>> > Business Development Director<br>>>> > PAIWASTOON Networking Services Ltd.<br>
>>> > <a href="mailto:svetla@paiwastoon.com.af">svetla@paiwastoon.com.af</a><br>>>> ><br>>>> ><br>>>> ><br>>>> ><br>>>> > _______________________________________________<br>
>>> > India mailing list<br>>>> > <a href="mailto:India@lists.laptop.org">India@lists.laptop.org</a><br>>>> > <a href="http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/india">http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/india</a><br>
>>> ><br>>>><br>>>><br>>>><br>>>> --<br>>>> Don't panic.--HHGTTG, Douglas Adams<br>>>> <a href="http://fivethirtyeight.com">fivethirtyeight.com</a>, <a href="http://3bluedudes.com">3bluedudes.com</a> Obama still moving ahead in EC!<br>
>>> <a href="http://www.obamapedia.org/page/Smears">http://www.obamapedia.org/page/Smears</a> Join us!<br>>>> <a href="http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/User:Mokurai">http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/User:Mokurai</a> For the children<br>
>>><br>>>> Silent Thunder (??/??????????????? ) is my name<br>>>> And Children are my nation.<br>>>> The Cosmos is my dwelling place,<br>>>> The Truth my destination.<br>>>> _______________________________________________<br>
>>> India mailing list<br>>>> <a href="mailto:India@lists.laptop.org">India@lists.laptop.org</a><br>>>> <a href="http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/india">http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/india</a><br>
>>><br>>><br>>><br>>> _______________________________________________<br>>> India mailing list<br>>> <a href="mailto:India@lists.laptop.org">India@lists.laptop.org</a><br>>> <a href="http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/india">http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/india</a><br>
>><br>>><br>><br><br><br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 2<br>Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2008 22:24:56 -0700<br>From: "Edward Cherlin" <<a href="mailto:echerlin@gmail.com">echerlin@gmail.com</a>><br>
Subject: [OLPC India] Fwd: OLPC Afghanistan starting!<br>To: <a href="mailto:india@lists.laptop.org">india@lists.laptop.org</a><br>Message-ID:<br> <<a href="mailto:e574f6eb0810192224x722e83b9n911e0028341a06d8@mail.gmail.com">e574f6eb0810192224x722e83b9n911e0028341a06d8@mail.gmail.com</a>><br>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8<br><br>I find this idea of putting XOs into computer labs unacceptable. What<br>do others think?<br><br><br>On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 9:35 PM, Svetlana Senajova<br><<a href="mailto:svetla@paiwastoon.com.af">svetla@paiwastoon.com.af</a>> wrote:<br>
> Dear Edward,<br>><br>> Thanks for your points. The idea behind this is that more children have<br>> access to computer, as the supply is very limited<br><br>"The shortage will be divided among the peasants."--Walt Kelly<br>
<br>I am well aware of this argument. It is wrong-headed. The problem is<br>that the answers you get depend on whether you are asking the right<br>questions. This project does not.<br><br>> - don't forget that<br>> Afghanistan is one of the poorest countries in the world. Besides that the<br>
> computers will be in the school where all children will have a chance to<br>> get to know computer, their parents will have access to it in the evenings<br>> to get a learning for themselves - e.g. about hygiene, about how to start<br>
> a business, how to get better crops out of their fields, connecting to<br>> buyers and supplies of agricultural products etc. And this shall at the<br>> end prove that it can contribute to economic development of the rural and<br>
> urban areas and that in the future when parents' standard of their living<br>> increases they can purchase XO themselves and whole family - both children<br>> and parents can use it.<br><br>What is this about having parents buy XOs? That violates the<br>
fundamental principle of the OLPC program. I'm copying Nicholas<br>Negroponte on this.<br><br>> It is per wish of Ministry of Education and with support of USAID/ASMED<br><br>I need to see the documentation on this project so I can ask my<br>
Congressman to investigate USAID for this violation of the project's<br>fundamental principle. Is there a public URL for any of the<br>agreements? I find a press release at<br><br><a href="http://www.mcit.gov.af/detail.asp?CatID=1&ContID=179">http://www.mcit.gov.af/detail.asp?CatID=1&ContID=179</a><br>
Posted on: Sep 18, 2008<br>Ministry of Education and Ministry of Communication and IT Launch the<br>One Laptop Per Child Project in Partnership with Roshan and ASMED<br><br><a href="http://www.moe.gov.af/news/Sanbullah/15September2008.htm">http://www.moe.gov.af/news/Sanbullah/15September2008.htm</a><br>
Ministry of Education and Ministry of Communication Launch the One<br>Laptop Per Child Project in Partnership with Roshan and ASMED<br>Quotes Bryan Rhodes, Chief of Party for ASMED, USAID's Small and<br>Medium Enterprise Development project.<br>
<br>I can't find anything about this program on <a href="http://afghanistan.usaid.gov/en/">http://afghanistan.usaid.gov/en/</a><br><br>Well, I will inquire at<br><br>Contact Us<br><br>USAID/Afghanistan<br>U.S. Embassy Cafe Compound<br>
Great Masood Road<br>Kabul, Afghanistan<br>Tel: 202.216.6288<br><br>USAID/Afghanistan<br>(mailing address)<br>6180 Kabul Place<br>Dulles, VA 20189-6180<br><br>USAID Press and Outreach<br>Email: <a href="mailto:kabul-info@usaid.gov">kabul-info@usaid.gov</a><br>
<br>USAID/Washington<br>Bureau for Asia and the Near East<br>Afghanistan Desk Officer<br>Email: <a href="mailto:skeyvanshad@usaid.gov">skeyvanshad@usaid.gov</a><br><br>Embassy of the United States<br>Kabul, Afghanistan<br>
Tel: (00 93) (20) 230-0436<br>Fax: (00 93) (20) 230-1364<br><br>U.S. Embassy Press Attache<br>E-mail: <a href="mailto:mellottj@state.gov">mellottj@state.gov</a><br><br>U.S. Department of State<br>Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs<br>
Afghanistan Desk<br><br>> and hopefully will a new way of how XO can help in developing world.<br><br>It is vital that some of the computers, even if only a few hundred, be<br>distributed one-to-one, even if most go into computer labs. That way<br>
the Ministry can have a chance to see its error.<br><br>> Regards,<br>><br>> Svetla<br>><br>><br>><br>>> On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 2:42 AM, Svetlana Senajova<br>>> <<a href="mailto:svetla@paiwastoon.com.af">svetla@paiwastoon.com.af</a>> wrote:<br>
>>> Dear All,<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<br>>>> G1G1<br>
>>> machines to Afghanistan and is working with the top level of the<br>>>> Ministry<br>>>> of Education this could very well become a showpiece for OLPC in S.<br>>>> Asia.<br>>>><br>
>>> Other 1,000 XO laptops are donated by telecommunication company Roshan<br>>>> and<br>>>> PAIWASTOON Networking Services Ltd. is responsible for the complete<br>>>> project implementation in upcoming months. XOs will be introduced to<br>
>>> more<br>>>> than 85,000 children as they will not be deployed at 1XO to 1 child but<br>>>> 21<br>>>> XOs to 1 school in form of a computer lab, reaching 283 schools across<br>>>> the<br>
>>> country.<br>>><br>>> That is a great shame. One of the most important aspects of the OLPC<br>>> program is the ability of children to own their XOs and take them<br>>> home. They get the greatest advantages of mesh networking and<br>
>> collaborative software not in class, but when doing homework together.<br>>> It is also essential for parents to see what the children are doing.<br>>><br>>>> We are looking for 2 Interns / Graduates / Motivated volunteers to help<br>
>>> 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<br>>>> 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<br>>>> rapid<br>>>> progress. There are some places (like the south) that are dangerous,<br>>>> 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<br>>>> 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<br>>>> be<br>>>> at the center of redevelopment. If we can make the XO work here - then<br>>>> 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<br>
>>> 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">www.olpc.af</a> or email me at<br>>>> <a href="mailto:svetla@paiwastoon.com.af">svetla@paiwastoon.com.af</a>.<br>
>>><br>>>> Thanks/Regards,<br>>>><br>>>> -Svetla<br>>>><br>>>> Svetlana Senajova<br>>>> Business Development Director<br>>>> PAIWASTOON Networking Services Ltd.<br>
>>> <a href="mailto:svetla@paiwastoon.com.af">svetla@paiwastoon.com.af</a><br>>>><br>>>><br>>>><br>>>><br>>>> _______________________________________________<br>>>> India mailing list<br>
>>> <a href="mailto:India@lists.laptop.org">India@lists.laptop.org</a><br>>>> <a href="http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/india">http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/india</a><br><br>--<br>Silent Thunder (??/??????????????? ) is my name<br>
And Children are my nation.<br>The Cosmos is my dwelling place,<br>The Truth my destination.<br><br><br><br>--<br>Don't panic.--HHGTTG, Douglas Adams<br><a href="http://fivethirtyeight.com">fivethirtyeight.com</a>, <a href="http://3bluedudes.com">3bluedudes.com</a> Obama still moving ahead in EC!<br>
<a href="http://www.obamapedia.org/page/Smears">http://www.obamapedia.org/page/Smears</a> Join us!<br><a href="http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/User:Mokurai">http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/User:Mokurai</a> For the children<br><br>
Silent Thunder (??/??????????????? ) is my name<br>And Children are my nation.<br>The Cosmos is my dwelling place,<br>The Truth my destination.<br><br>Edward Mokurai Cherlin<br><a href="http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/User:Mokurai">http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/User:Mokurai</a><br>
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/xo">http://www.amazon.com/xo</a><br>Give One, Get One, from Nov. 17<br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 3<br>Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 02:28:57 -0400<br>From: "Seth Woodworth" <<a href="mailto:seth@laptop.org">seth@laptop.org</a>><br>
Subject: Re: [OLPC India] Fwd: OLPC Afghanistan starting!<br>To: "Edward Cherlin" <<a href="mailto:echerlin@gmail.com">echerlin@gmail.com</a>>, <a href="mailto:svetla@paiwastoon.com.af">svetla@paiwastoon.com.af</a><br>
Cc: <a href="mailto:india@lists.laptop.org">india@lists.laptop.org</a><br>Message-ID:<br> <<a href="mailto:b54bd10a0810192328w439ceb4ev9ab16ab1de5288c4@mail.gmail.com">b54bd10a0810192328w439ceb4ev9ab16ab1de5288c4@mail.gmail.com</a>><br>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"<br><br>On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 1:24 AM, Edward Cherlin <<a href="mailto:echerlin@gmail.com">echerlin@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br>> I find this idea of putting XOs into computer labs unacceptable. What<br>
> do others think?<br>><br><br>I'm not overly fond of the idea.<br><br><br>><br>><br>> On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 9:35 PM, Svetlana Senajova<br>> <<a href="mailto:svetla@paiwastoon.com.af">svetla@paiwastoon.com.af</a>> wrote:<br>
> > Dear Edward,<br>> ><br>> > Thanks for your points. The idea behind this is that more children have<br>> > access to computer, as the supply is very limited<br>><br>> "The shortage will be divided among the peasants."--Walt Kelly<br>
><br>> I am well aware of this argument. It is wrong-headed. The problem is<br>> that the answers you get depend on whether you are asking the right<br>> questions. This project does not.<br>><br>> > - don't forget that<br>
> > Afghanistan is one of the poorest countries in the world. Besides that<br>> the<br>> > computers will be in the school where all children will have a chance to<br>> > get to know computer, their parents will have access to it in the<br>
> evenings<br>> > to get a learning for themselves - e.g. about hygiene, about how to start<br>> > a business, how to get better crops out of their fields, connecting to<br>> > buyers and supplies of agricultural products etc. And this shall at the<br>
> > end prove that it can contribute to economic development of the rural and<br>> > urban areas and that in the future when parents' standard of their living<br>> > increases they can purchase XO themselves and whole family - both<br>
> children<br>> > and parents can use it.<br>><br>> What is this about having parents buy XOs? That violates the<br>> fundamental principle of the OLPC program. I'm copying Nicholas<br>> Negroponte on this.<br>
><br><br>Woah, Slow down a little bit Ed. Svetla said that parents would have access<br>to the machines, which would make sense in a computer lab setting. The<br>mention of purchasing XO's sounds to me like a long term indicator of<br>
national growth and development. In that, one day parents could buy<br>machines directly like people in the US can.<br><br><br>><br>> > It is per wish of Ministry of Education and with support of USAID/ASMED<br>
><br>> I need to see the documentation on this project so I can ask my<br>> Congressman to investigate USAID for this violation of the project's<br>> fundamental principle. Is there a public URL for any of the<br>
> agreements? I find a press release at<br>><br>> <a href="http://www.mcit.gov.af/detail.asp?CatID=1&ContID=179">http://www.mcit.gov.af/detail.asp?CatID=1&ContID=179</a><br>> Posted on: Sep 18, 2008<br>
> Ministry of Education and Ministry of Communication and IT Launch the<br>> One Laptop Per Child Project in Partnership with Roshan and ASMED<br>><br>> <a href="http://www.moe.gov.af/news/Sanbullah/15September2008.htm">http://www.moe.gov.af/news/Sanbullah/15September2008.htm</a><br>
> Ministry of Education and Ministry of Communication Launch the One<br>> Laptop Per Child Project in Partnership with Roshan and ASMED<br>> Quotes Bryan Rhodes, Chief of Party for ASMED, USAID's Small and<br>
> Medium Enterprise Development project.<br>><br>> I can't find anything about this program on<br>> <a href="http://afghanistan.usaid.gov/en/">http://afghanistan.usaid.gov/en/</a><br>><br><br>Laptop.org is similarlly out of date, if I wouldn't take that as an idicator<br>
of anything.<br><br><br>><br>> Well, I will inquire at<br>><br>> Contact Us<br>> ...<br>> U.S. Department of State<br>> Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs<br>> Afghanistan Desk<br>><br><br>
By all means make contacts and find out more information. But please don't<br>do so in a way that would harm what looks like a newly founded partnership<br>with USAID.<br><br><br>><br>> > and hopefully will a new way of how XO can help in developing world.<br>
><br>> It is vital that some of the computers, even if only a few hundred, be<br>> distributed one-to-one, even if most go into computer labs. That way<br>> the Ministry can have a chance to see its error.<br>
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