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

[Heherson Pagcaliwagan]

On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 8:40 AM, Heherson Pagcaliwagan
<herson at azneita.org> wrote:
> 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?

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/regions/12/06/10/lubang-island-schoolkids-get-own-laptops

The local government of Lubang Island, non-government organizations,
and private companies have launched the “One Laptop Per Child (OLPC)”
project that aims to provide free laptops to elementary students in
the island.

 The first 100 units of XO computer laptops were distributed to Grade
4 students of Lubang Integrated School and Maligaya Elementary School
during the event that saw the presence of Department of Education
(DepEd) Secretary Armin Luistro, Lubang Mayor Juan Sanchez, and
Occidental Mindoro Governor Josephine Ramirez-Sato.

> 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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