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Hi Mopati<br>
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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.<br>
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Meantime, some resource to inspire your grassroots enterprise:<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Contributors_program">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Contributors_program</a><br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/ClassActs/Resources">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/ClassActs/Resources</a><br>
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Please also consider volunteering directly with OLPC to this end
(<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:volunteer@laptop.org">volunteer@laptop.org</a>) and to
meet others:<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Support_Gang">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Support_Gang</a><br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Participate">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Participate</a><br>
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Or just get to know the OLPC project better:<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://flickr.com/olpc/sets">http://flickr.com/olpc/sets</a><br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://laptop.org/vision">http://laptop.org/vision</a><br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://blog.laptop.org">http://blog.laptop.org</a><br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://twitter.com/olpc">http://twitter.com/olpc</a><br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://planet.laptop.org">http://planet.laptop.org</a><br>
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Thanks!<br>
<br>
<br>
Mopati Jankie wrote:
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style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span
style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span
style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Mopati
Pat Jankie.<br>
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