[OLPC-Philippines] Occidental Mindoro Initiative

[Dr. Gerald Ardito]

Cherry,

As always, your work inspires me.
Thanks so much.
Gerald

On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 1:06 PM, Cherry Withers <cwithers at ekindling.org>wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> Big developments this week! The Provincial Government of Occidental
> Mindoro has launched it's 550 (2:1) OLPC Initiative benefiting
> 10 municipality schools in the region. It's been a long prep for this
> community with Team eKindling members: Tessa Yuvienco, Mitch Seaton and
> Jerome Gotangco doing the
> the multiple teacher training and visits last year. It would not be
> possible without the Governor Sato and her team doing the heavy lifting in
> getting the funds and laptops to the hands of the children.
>
> Special thanks to our hardworking team lead Tessa for pouring hours of her
> personal time to assist OM's project team throughout this journey!
>
> It literally took a community to get this going and it will take a
> community to keep it going. Assistance came not just from student
> volunteers in
> Occidental Mindorro but the global OLPC community as a whole. We had
> people assisting OM Project Team members on their technical questions
> as far as Australia and Haiti. If you think you can help, however small
> you think it is... email us: community at ekindling.org
>
> Some news and photos but more to come:
>
> Laptop Prep:
> http://www.ekindling.org/?p=545
>
> Hand-off:
> http://www.ekindling.org/?p=603
>
>
> Grateful,
> Cherry
>
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