[Olpc-philippines] PBSP partnership proposal

[Charles Chen]

This is to inform all the members of OLPC PH that I had met two weeks ago with the officials of the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP), the country's largest NGO in working in partership in establishing an OLPC pilot to be done with the primary school level of the Don Bosco Technical College in Mandaluyong.
   
  The benefit OLPC PH gains with this partnership are:
  1. The financial resources and business resources of PBSP being the largest NGO in the country with some of the largest corporations as member donors. PBSP is currently headed by Manny Pangilinan, CEO of PLDT. Please see enclosed link for further information about PBSP.
   
  http://www.pbsp.org.ph/
   
  Aside from helping OLPC PH to validate a business model that can be used to easily replicate the success of such pilot in public schools in other parts of the country, PBSP can support OLPC PH by developing the needed governance practices we need to implement this program. At the moment, PBSP is currently evaluating the project requirements of this pilot as well as the possible use of the OX for its own educational program. Their program initially aims to provide about 20,000 laptops and will be a big boost to OLPC PH if they find OX suitable for their needs.
   
  2. The technical expertise and infrastructure resources of the Don Bosco Technical College. The school is part of the religous order of the Salesians that run the various Don Bosco schools in the country known for their technical and vocational training. This particular school has a Electronics and Communications Engineering Department which the pilot can tap its faculty and students for technical support in addition of using their technical facilities for this purpose. In addition, their primary school classrooms are already wired for internet access. 
   
  http://www.dbtc.edu.ph/
   
  One urgent need I have is to provide for PBSP for their further evaluation is obtaining the latest OX as the ones available with OLPC PH are not the current versions. I need to provide them one as soon as possible in preparation for a executive committee presentation scheduled for this purpose next month. 
   
  If anyone within the group who can assist me in obtaining the current version, I will appreciate this very much. Through Sandeep's help I have already approached Robert Fadel of OLPC US and am still awaiting a response.
   
  Thanks.
   
  Charles

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1. Please check wiki and contribute - OLPC Philippines
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http://olpcph.multiply.com

OLPC-PH Community

We are having some news there in the blog.

Also I'm also planning to join school server projects. Let's keep things moving..

Please keep in touch with Tim and Chief Mike.

Thank you.
Rowen


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