[Sri-lanka] how to obtain OLPCs for Sri Lanka Girls School

[Ann Kato]

Dear Sir/Madame,

My husband and I sponsoring the Sri Sumangala Girls’ School in Weligama 
on the southern coast of Sri Lanka. The school, with 2700 students from 
grades 3 to 13, was severely damaged during the tsunami. Thirteen of the 
girls died and over half of the girls lost close members of their 
families including parents, brothers and sisters.

We have been aiding the school by providing books, writing material, 
computers and offering prizes for the best students in each class. We 
visited the school in 2005 and again in 2008 to develop a closer contact 
with the students and staff and to have a better understanding of their 
needs. The girls dream of being doctors, nurses, lawyers, teachers and 
engineers. They are very motivated, curious and eager to advance their 
education.

To sustain our program, we have been seeking financial assistance in the 
way of donations. Our primary goal is to provide computers to this 
school. They have at present approximately 15 out-dated computers and 
they do not have a laptop in the school. Recently a friend of ours 
purchased an OLPC on e-bay in the United States and we realize how 
revolutionary this type of computer could be for this devastated school.

We are writing to inquire how we can purchase 10 to 20 OLPComputers so 
that we can start to equip the Sri Sumangala Girls’ school.

I would like to thank you in advance for your consideration of my request.

Ann C. Kato
Professor, Dept. of Neuroscience
Faculty of Medicine
University of Geneva, Switzerland

e-mail: Ann.Kato at unige.ch
Tel : +41-22-343-2592