[OLPC-Philippines] OLPC XO 1.5 pilot in Lubang, Occ. Mindoro

Heherson Pagcaliwagan herson at azneita.org
Mon Dec 6 19:40:42 EST 2010


Congrats all around! I hope to pitch in for future projects.
For a project like this, one would expect mainstream media pickup. Are
there any links to share?

On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 11:50 PM, Dr. Gerald Ardito
<gerald.ardito at gmail.com> wrote:
> Ditto!
> This is very exciting work.
> Gerald
>
> On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 10:40 AM, K Villa <krvilla at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Congratulations are in order to you and everyone that put this all
>> together and to the community that opened its mind and placed its trust to
>> each and every effort so selflessly given.
>> Kudos.
>> /Karissa Villa
>> On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 10:20 PM, jgotangco at gmail.com <jgotangco at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Now it can be told - that the Philippines is now officially in the
>>> list of countries that have deployed the OLPC program to a school.
>>> Education Kindling has announced the launch of the OLPC program pilot
>>> in Lubang, Occ. Mindoro today and was attended by Dep Ed secretary
>>> Bro. Armin Luistro, FSC.
>>>
>>> I have been doing OLPC advocacy since 2008 and this resulted to
>>> Education Kindling with some members of this mailing list. Seeing 95
>>> kids now at the close of 2010 with OLPC XO-1.5 laptops in Lubang is a
>>> dream come true for many of us here. Thank you Meg Simpson, Susan
>>> Abaya and the members of the NCC alumni (I have lost count but you
>>> know who you are) for making this happen, along with Mayor Sanchez and
>>> the local government of Lubang. Kudos as well to the teachers involved
>>> and the parents who have been very supportive of the cause for their
>>> children. Without your contribution and dedication to the Lubang
>>> project, this would not be possible at all. Our mission has just
>>> begun!
>>>
>>> I've uploaded some pictures from the launch. You can check it out at
>>>
>>> http://picasaweb.google.com/jgotangco/EducationKindlingEKindlingOLPCProgramPublicLaunchAtLubang?feat=directlink
>>>
>>> My public gallery has some photos of past OLPC Philippines Community
>>> and Education Kindling events we have participated as well:
>>> http://picasaweb.google.com/jgotangco
>>>
>>> --
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Jerome G.
>>> http://www.google.com/profiles/jgotangco
>>> http://ph.linkedin.com/in/jeromegotangco
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>>
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