XO Laptops for Haiti
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Nicolas Negroponte sent out a recent e-mail plea to former Give 1 Get 1 (G1G1) program participants. I am a proud participant.
At the end of 2007 I, like many others participated in the Give One Get One program of One Laptop per Child (OLPC). 75,000 laptops went to Rwanda, Ethiopia, Mongolia, Cambodia, Oceania, the West Bank, and Haiti. An additional 75,000 laptops came into the USA as part of the “get” side of the equation.
In light of the recent disaster in Haiti, the OLPC group is gathering used XO laptops to send to Haiti. If you or the child to whom you gave the laptop is no longer using it then kindly send it to the address below (even if it is broken).
OLPC FOR HAITI c/o Exel
615 Westport Parkway #500
Grapevine, TX 76051
75% of the schools in Port-au-Prince have been destroyed in the recent earthquake. Because of the XO’s unique features (sunlight readability, solar powered, water resistant, drop proof), it is also an ideal tool for relief work.
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I do have to agree with the usefulness of the laptop. It’s a great travel PC if you don’t need anything sophisticated or can live on Google apps for productivity software. I have often used mine for writing in the bright southern sun. I could see how useful it would be as a disaster relief tool. As such, I will be sending mine in. I encourage you to do the same.
