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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Hi Cherry,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Thank you to you and all those involved in the OLPC Pilot in
Lubang, for your passion and dedication.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>I have no doubt the Lubang pilot will be a great success.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>I wanted to go to the Phil to meet you all but unfortunately my
husband’s health has taken a downturn. He is again in the hospital.
Also I have not been spending much time lately in the project, I have asked
Susan Abaya, Nymia Eunson and Cosme Purugganan to help.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>Meg <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Cherry Withers
[mailto:cwithers@ekindling.org] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, 9 April 2010 5:45 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> OLPC Philippines/Pilipinas grassroots; Milagros Simpson; Mitchell
Seaton; OLPC SF<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Logistics update on training and more thanks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Hi Everyone, <br>
<br>
The pilot would NOT be possible without the help of so many people. I want to
start this email by saying "Thank you" to Meg Simpson and the NCC <br>
alumni group as well as Mayor Sanchez and his team. It is in their dream to
make 21st learning available to children in the Philippines, starting with
Lubang, <br>
that makes the first OLPC pilot in the Philippines possible. Equal thanks for
hard work from my fellow eKindlers and friends from OLPCFriends Australia and<br>
Solutions Grove and support from OLPC-SF. <br>
<br>
More generosity and miracles: I just received word that we're getting 7 more
laptops from OLPC's CP that I can take home with me for the training. <br>
Thanks Ryan Letada for applying for us and thanks OLPC! So I'll bring 13
XOs (this includes Jay's donation today) to take to the Philippines. <br>
Folks from the Philippines will lend 5 for a total of 18 altogether. Also got a
few USB sticks donated by a friend at Intel. Wow miracles do happen!<br>
<br>
We have parents and kids from Lubang participating in this training. It is
community driven so we want to get them involved from <br>
the beginning. So all told, we have 25 participants. A full house! No doubt
you've seen Ryan's call for an eager and dedicated volunteer. Wish we can <br>
extend this to more. We'll have more of these in the future and we'll open it
up to many. But like I said, we'll document this and have it<br>
available on the web. <br>
<br>
Now I have a problem...and it's a good problem to have....I am now over the
weight limit (and no, I don't mean MY body weight) for luggage. But like I
said, it's <br>
a good problem to have. :-) <br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
Cherry<br>
<o:p></o:p></p>
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