[Olpc-open] [1village] Re: In regards to OLPC in Ghana

[Joy Tang]

Hello, Linnea and Ed, 

We have designed and implemented the Catch IT Young
program in Ghana led by Kafui Prebbie. Recently, we discussed how to
revive the program to reach to the primary and secondary school  on
computing and Internet literacy. 

Many years ago when we first started this program, the Internet
infrastructure was not as available as it is today in Ghana. The
logistic challenge to get the students transported to where there are
computer labs and Internet access intensified our determination to
address the infrastructure issue as well as identifying and later designing the low-cost ICT devices. Currently, we are in the process of selecting the low-cost laptops and in communications w/ the technologies providers about the education focus we have to empower the human capacity building. 

Kafui Prebbie also is the main organizer of Winneba Linux User Group (WILUG)  Ed's idea on the installfest for the Sugar educational software on Mac or PC computers is great. 

Linnea, would you be interested in exploring how we could link the existing resources and know-how together to maximize the potential on educational services for children, the youth in WILUG and all that are involved or listened. 

Thanks, Ed for the informative sharing. 

Joy Ayo Tang
http://blog.onevillage.tv/wp/

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From: "Edward Cherlin" <echerlin at gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 3:17 PM
To: Linnea <linnea.hermance at yahoo.com>
Subject: [1village] Re: In regards to OLPC in Ghana 

On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 1:15 PM, Linnea <linnea.hermance at yahoo.com> wrote:

>

> Hello,

> I sent my OLPC laptop (half of the buy two get one program)

Give One Get One, http://wiki.laptop.org/go/G1G1

> to a school in Ghana.

Thank you on behalf of the children.

> Your post on the OLPC wiki mentioned that you knew of other schools

> in Ghana that were using the laptops if I understood that correctly.

Schools that are interested in using XOs, but don't have them yet, and

schools using other computers and various kinds of distance learning.

Also University of Education, Winneba, community computer centers, and

computer training projects.

And Winneba Ghana Linux User Group (LUG)

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Regional_community_groups#Ghana

We also need to start localization projects at One Laptop Per Child,

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Localization, for the languages of Ghana.

According to ethnologue.org/show_country.asp?name=GH, languages spoken

in Ghana by a million or more people are

* Abron 1,181,700

* Akan 8,300,000, including 2,800,000 Asante Twi, 1,900,000 Fante,

555,000 Akuapem Twi

* Éwé 3,112,400

where the figures given are for speakers in all countries. There are

several languages spoken by 100,000 or more but fewer than a million.

> Would it be possible to pass on these names so that I can pass them on to

> the school. I know they would appreciate some local support.

I have copied this to one of the mailing lists for the NGO working on

the projects, OneVillage Foundation Ghana. I expect that someone will

get in contact with you right away. We would be delighted to bring in

yet more schools for XO programs and for the other projects going on

in Ghana.

You should be aware that most LUGS hold installfests to put Linux on

any computers that people bring in. Also that the Sugar educational

software for the XO can be installed on many different versions of

Linux, and also on Macintosh and Windows computers. Such computers

will not be capable of mesh networking, but students will be able to

share activities over ordinary WiFi connections. You can talk to

Winneba LUG about doing this for your schools, and they can talk to

OLPC and to me about Sugar installations and live CDs.

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Sugar#Getting_Started

> Hope to hear from you!

> Best regards

> Linnea Hermance

-- 

Edward Cherlin

End Poverty at a Profit by teaching children business

http://www.EarthTreasury.org/

"The best way to predict the future is to invent it."--Alan Kay

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