[OLPC library] OLPC-health

[Edward Cherlin]

On Feb 4, 2008 7:57 PM, Arjun Sarwal <arjun at laptop.org> wrote:
> >
> > I've been working on restructuring the [[Health]] pages on the wiki and I'm
> > working my way into restructuring the participate and volunteering pages in
> > general.  If we really want people to get involved, we need to better
> > document what you're doing, what the work flow would be, what skills are
> > required, and get the word out there.

> Thats some great areas of effort and is definitely really needed. I
> was talking with Mika the other day and we do also  concluded that
> there has to be a clear mechanism for new volunteers to get
> integrated. A good starting point would be a nice How to Participate
> section on the wiki.

The Netherlands page, http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC-NL_people, is a
good starting point for the other end: who is here, and what can they
do, or what are they doing?

> Also, Mika plans to make a few presentations at the Harvard School of
> Public Health sometime in these coming weeks. The curriculum and the
> projects that students are expected to take there are very similar to
> some of the projects here. When volunteers and participants start
> wanting to participate there should be some clear ways in which they
> can start participating. Also, the current status of projects and
> project plans if put up on the wiki, would really help.

Have you talked to Paul Farmer and the others at Partners in Health,
which is based at Harvard?

> Last of all, if any Boston/Cambridge area volunteers would like to
> help Mika in the presentations at Harvard, please contact Mika
> directly (cced here)

I'm not in Cambridge, but I can make suggestions on content. Have you
looked at the Rx for Survival pages at PBS? When I do, dozens of ideas
for laptop content and other programs come to mind. There is a link
there for teachers.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/rxforsurvival/

Please ask the audience to volunteer to help with the Health projects
in education, telemedicine, computerized medical records, and more.

> best,
> Arjun
>
>
> >
> > Seth
> >
> > > - Pascal.

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