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

[Greg Moreno]

Awesome!!!! Congrats

- Greg

On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 6:20 AM, 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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