[Olpc-indonesia] Fwd: OLPC Indonesia: Kalimantan

Fri Jan 4 20:38:10 EST 2013

Hi

I am unaware if there is anything happening in Kalimantan.

Getting OLPC XO's into Kalimantan would require a government department, charity, aid ogranisation or school to come up with the funding, around US$200 per laptop. The kind of support you can expect from the OLPC community is generally restricted to pedagogical advice, technical support etc.

There are many volunteering opportunities. You can run the Sugar educational software on a laptop or desktop computer, you don't need an OLPC XO laptop to begin. Volunteering possibilities include translating the software into Bahasa Indonesia, testing, lesson plans and so on.

I hope this helps, if you have further questions please ask.

Tony

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> > From: rizqi amra <rizqiamra at gmail.com>
> > Date: 3 January 2013 9:23:52 PM AEDT
> > To: gede.suparsa at gmail.com
> > Subject: OLPC Indonesia: Kalimantan
> > 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I'm an English teacher, currently based on Banjarbaru, Kalimantan Selatan.
> > I'd appreciate if you have and could give me some info on OLPC initiative in Kalimantan, especially my region.
> > I've travelled to some remote parts of Kalimantan Selatan and Kalimantan Tengah, and there are kids who could really take benefits from OLPC.
> > 
> > Even in the not-so-remote area of Kalimantan, there are needs of empowering educational tools to help them escape the demonic-cycle of poverty, ignorance and apathy towards education, let alone the remote ones.
> > 
> > It's interesting to note that, some of the kids, parents and education practitioners of those remote areas are sometimes the most 'thirst' on ~outerworld reach.
> > They are kids, teenagers, youth, people who have dreams and aspiration to improve their lives and education.
> > 
> > I am interested in learning on how to volunteer. What I and my mostly limited capabilities can contribute. And how to best implement it.
> > 
> > Thank you for reading my plea.
> > Have a nice day.
> > 
> > Your OLPC enthusiast,
> > 
> > RAR
> > 
> > 
> <html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><br><br>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><b>From:</b> rizqi amra <<a href="mailto:rizqiamra at gmail.com">rizqiamra at gmail.com</a>><br><b>Date:</b> 3 January 2013 9:23:52 PM AEDT<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:gede.suparsa at gmail.com">gede.suparsa at gmail.com</a><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>OLPC Indonesia: Kalimantan</b><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div>Hello,<br><br>I'm an English teacher, currently based on Banjarbaru, Kalimantan Selatan.<br>I'd appreciate if you have and could give me some info on OLPC initiative in Kalimantan, especially my region.<br>I've travelled to some remote parts of Kalimantan Selatan and Kalimantan Tengah, and there are kids who could really take benefits from OLPC.<br>
> <br>
> Even in the not-so-remote area of Kalimantan, there are needs of empowering educational tools to help them escape the demonic-cycle of poverty, ignorance and apathy towards education, let alone the remote ones.<br><br>It's interesting to note that, some of the kids, parents and education practitioners of those remote areas are sometimes the most 'thirst' on ~outerworld reach.<br>
> They are kids, teenagers, youth, people who have dreams and aspiration to improve their lives and education.<br><br>I am interested in learning on how to volunteer. What I and my mostly limited capabilities can contribute. And how to best implement it.<br>
> <br>Thank you for reading my plea.<br>Have a nice day.<br><br>Your OLPC enthusiast,<br><br>RAR<br><br><br>
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