[OLPC_Boston] Laptops for Batswana kids

[Holt]

 Hi Mopati

This Boston volunteer group is looking at having a Tues Dec 29th meeting 
in the Boston area to present & discuss several volunteers' recent 
community deployments, in Africa and Vietnam.  Hope you can join us!  
Announcement should be on this very list in about 10 days.

Meantime, some resource to inspire your grassroots enterprise:
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Contributors_program
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/ClassActs/Resources

Please also consider volunteering directly with OLPC to this end 
(volunteer at laptop.org) and to meet others:
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Support_Gang
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Participate

Or just get to know the OLPC project better:
http://flickr.com/olpc/sets
http://laptop.org/vision
http://blog.laptop.org
http://twitter.com/olpc
http://planet.laptop.org

Thanks!


Mopati Jankie wrote:
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> Hi:
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> I live in Boston but originally I am from Botswana in Africa. I have 
> always been interested in this project of educating kids in the rural 
> areas using new technology. Reading about the XO laptops I 
> could imagine exactly how it can be a fit and can benefit kids in my 
> country as I am the product of such environment. I just came back from 
> visiting Botswana and talking to some people that I know who are in 
> the education system there reinforced my believe that I was right 
> this is what is needed to advance the educational system there.
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> My intention right now is to get as much information as I can about 
> the project, including talking to some people with knowledge of how 
> the project works with the aim of eventually getting the laptops in 
> some of the classrooms in Botswana.
>
>  
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> Regards,
>
> Mopati Pat Jankie.
>
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