Change the World one school at a time : Give 100 update
From the official OLPC blog… if you read the OLPC Oceania interview it looks as though the two could dovetail – Michael Hutak’s focus is definitely on the broader, large scale side of things. This could be like opening the flood gates; For the past year, we have been running a Give Many large-scale donation [...]
Give 1 Get 1 Australia
It comes as a surprise but OLPC Australia has announced an Australian Give 1 Get 1 program, similar to those currently running overseas. Details are sparse but this is most exciting news, especially for those individuals I talked to during iDEF, who were very very keen to get involved. “Early 2009″ is the penciled in [...]
why give a laptop to a child?
This is a question I get asked a lot. Answering it usually involves me running off on my “The name ‘One LAPTOP per Child’ is a bit of a marketing blunder since this is an education project” rant. Thankfully there’s a little video that’s come out along with the launch of the latest Give 1 [...]
OLPC G1G1 returns
Given the success of the G1G1 (Give Get One) it was only a matter of time till they ran something similar again. This time around addressing the supply/demand issue (G1G1 suffered serious waiting times/delivery issues because of supply chain problems. “Although the first iteration of the ‘G1G1’ program was extremely successful and sold more then [...]
