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Where should the XO’s go?
I’ve got two new One Laptop Per Child XO laptops that I’d like to donate to a worthy school or organization. Who should I donate them to? These machines would probably be most useful to children of elementary school age. Give me some suggestions!
Cheers!
Gary
November 12th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
Daniel Wiersma says:
Hi Gary,
How about my son? He’s 4 and gets educated at home. He good use a computer of is own that he take with him and works every where at every time.
Greetings,
Daniel Wiersma
Lelystad, Netherlands
November 12th, 2009 at 1:43 pm
Dhaval Trivedi says:
Dear Gary,
I’m not from the US so I don’t know which is the best place to donate, but I very much like the cause!
Dhaval
November 12th, 2009 at 2:38 pm
Timothy Falconer says:
We sure could use them. We have another pilot in Haiti in February.
November 12th, 2009 at 3:11 pm
Drew Breunig says:
How about 826 Valencia?
November 12th, 2009 at 5:40 pm
MJ says:
I teach in Dillon SC ( I-95 Corridor of Shame http://www.corridorofshame.com/) We’d love to have them!
November 12th, 2009 at 7:07 pm
T. Sherman says:
Possibly a local children’s hospital could use them.
Helping sick kids to keep in touch with friends and family, especially during the upcoming holiday season.
November 12th, 2009 at 11:11 pm
Kenneth says:
Dear Gary,
I’m Kenneth from Chile. I´ve got a girlfriend that teachs in a poor school, ubicated in Peñalolén, Santiago de Chile; She works in a Integration Proyect for childrens whith intelectual discapacity, language dificulties, an others educationals special needs, They don´t have this types of resourses. So i think that this donation will be very helpfull in the educational process for the kids.
Greedings
Kenneth Espinoza Agas
Santiago, Chile
PD:By the way i saw Objectified a week ago, and i found it awesome and very illustrating in the process of industrial design (i´m a designer too!).
November 12th, 2009 at 11:23 pm
witz says:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hFZqH1o2cYtgvfTaZ650mUjt7s2wD9BT2DLO1
The students of Marysville School in Portland, Oregon - their school just burned down!
November 13th, 2009 at 11:07 am
Tony Yet says:
Maybe you would find the idea of donating these XO laptops to children in rural China through the “1KG More” initiative interesting?
1KG More: http://www.1kg.org
November 13th, 2009 at 2:31 pm
Chris says:
I’m leaving for Rwanda on Wednesday.
I’m sure they’d love to have them there http://www.lesperancerwanda.org
Only problem… I’m in Germany and the XOs probably in the states?
November 13th, 2009 at 10:15 pm
Eric Winer says:
http://www.missionarymorgan.zgserve.com
please check out this website, its worth it!
November 14th, 2009 at 1:45 am
Dave says:
To decide which underfunded school could best use them would be a Herculean task as anyone who is familiar with the current funding crisis in US schools can attest. Save yourself some time and just walk to the nearest elementary school to where you live and hand them over; or to the nearest children’s hospital like T. Sherman suggested. There is no shortage of need.
November 14th, 2009 at 7:47 am
Ali Morgan says:
I am a missionary and we could use them at our primary school in Mozamibque, Africa!! Email me with more information please!!
-Ali
November 15th, 2009 at 2:46 am
The Shopping Sherpa says:
I’m sure they could be put to good use by my Plan International (http://www.plan.org.au/) sponsored child’s community in India…
November 16th, 2009 at 6:45 am
Nancy Kim says:
Hi Gary!
How about donating them to Educate a Child? We are currently sponsoring (funded by expats and locals in Korea and around the world) 32 children in San Jose, a small town 3 hours north of Manila.
The situation in rural Philippines is quite bleak. Particularly in San Jose, Nueva Ecija, where most of the families are small sustenance farmers. What little they sell every day at the market is used to buy food for their family’s meal that day. There is rarely any money left over for “luxuries” such as education. That’s why I started Educate a Child. I help raise funds so that families who couldn’t it afford it otherwise, can send their children to school. We have opened up a computer lab, but we only have 2-3 computers for the entire school. Because of the lack of resources, mostly high school students are the ones to use the lab. We would love to get the elementary school kids comfortable using computers and OLPC is a wonderful way to do it. I’ve been following the computers ever since David Pogue reviewed it a few years back. Unfortunately OLPC isn’t offered in the Philippines yet, so getting these two laptops would be amazing! Most of the kids are stuck in San Jose…and really don’t have much hope of getting out of their cycle of poverty without education, which in this day and age includes computer literacy.
I’d love to start classes for the elementary kids using these computers.
I have a friend who is traveling from NYC to Seoul in December and could carry over the laptops. I could then personally deliver the computers to the kids in the Philippines when I travel there in February.
Please contact me for more info!
Thanks, Gary!
November 17th, 2009 at 7:34 pm
Jo says:
How about you make it a contest. Have kids write you why they should be the one to get it. Turn ‘em into little entrepreneurs!
J:-)
November 19th, 2009 at 12:44 am
Victor Cosby says:
Displaced children in northern Uganda. http://www.ariverblue.org/
November 19th, 2009 at 12:55 am
Jenny Messerly says:
I think Gangplank in Phoenix would be an excellent place to donate the XO’s! They have events to teach children about technology, computers and coding. It’s an incubator for talent :)
More info: http://gangplankhq.com/2009/07/exploration-vs-education-the-heart-of-gangplank-jr/
November 21st, 2009 at 9:30 am
wenzhentao says:
Your idea is good, I think you have donated to orphanages around is the quickest way.
November 22nd, 2009 at 3:28 pm
Kathryn Morrison says:
In 2008 I served as a volunteer in Omungwelume, a rural Namibian village (Namibia is just north of South Africa). The school was, as you would expect, under resourced, and the kids there could certainly benefit from a donation such as this. To learn more about Namibia and my experience there, please check out the website enclosed. Since coming back I’m trying to do all I can to help the village. You also may be interested in this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xw_bXcgW_9A The video will show you some of the elementary schoolers which you can directly benefit! If you’re interested, please email me and I’d be happy to give you the address of the school in Namibia.
November 24th, 2009 at 5:34 pm
Greg Dodds says:
Hi Gary
I recently spent some time in Samoa, and visited Mulifanua School (on Upolu Island), for children of all ages/grades. Although they would love a photocopier there, a laptop would be awesome for them.
Cheers, Greg.
November 24th, 2009 at 10:09 pm
alvarotres says:
Some of my students will love it.
I teach art and design in a highschool in Bogotá, Colombia.
write me,
alvarotres@gmail.com
thanks
November 25th, 2009 at 11:59 am
ZM says:
Riddle Elementary in Lansing, MI could be a good choice. The school is in an economically depressed area and is a hub for all ESL children entering the district, the school’s test scores as a result are pretty low and this type of technology could be a tremendous help to language learning. Just a thought. Loved the documentary, by the way.
November 30th, 2009 at 7:28 pm
Susan says:
I donated mine to the Illinois Math and Science Academy, http://wiki.laptop.org/go/IMSA The great thing about them is that they have a curriculum that centers around the XOs, so you know that it will be put to good use.
December 1st, 2009 at 2:09 am
chris says:
Hi, loved both Objectified and Helvetica.
I like the design of the XO laptop and the interface.
My friend bought a set the other day. I asked him what he would do with them “just F with them and then give them away”
So I say, what the F are you going to do with 2 XO laptops? What the F will a school do with 2 XO laptops? I would instead find out other schools that have already gotten a few? Or perhaps a school considering using them?
December 10th, 2009 at 6:36 am
Manjiri says:
Hi,
It would be great if you could donate the laptops to the school run by Lok Biradari Prakalp in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra state in India. The school and the hospital are run by Magasaysay Award winners, Dr. Prakash and Dr Mandakini Amte for the Madia tribals that live in this forest area.
You can find more information on this website: http://www.lokbiradariprakalp.org/
I am sure that your donation would mean a lot to these young children.
Thanks and all the best for your noble endeavor.
- Manjiri
Some more info about the school:
A residential school (1st to 12th Standard) was started in 1976 for the tribal children now giving free education to nearly 650 students. They are provided with hostel accommodation and given free lodging and boarding facilities. All education material is also provided free of cost to them. Apart from the formal education, they are also provided vocational training and guidance, which will be useful in their day to day life. e.g.- practical training in farming, seed production, dairy, bamboo craft, ceramic art, greeting cards, tailoring, health education etc. These programmes are aimed at the survival of the tribals and all efforts have been made to bring about awareness of social rights and duties through continued dialogue and social exposure.
December 15th, 2009 at 4:08 pm
Damon Tompkins says:
Loved both Helvetica and Objectified. Try the KIPP Academy in Houston, Texas. Great charter schools serving underprivileged students.
Good luck!
December 16th, 2009 at 6:22 am
Karin says:
Please remember, from the mission statement of One Laptop per Child: …To create educational opportunities for the world’s poorest children… so please forget about children in the US, hospitals in rich countries etc.
Maybe you can find something here: http://www.savethechildren.net/alliance/what_we_do/rewritethefuture/index.html
January 2nd, 2010 at 2:48 am
Niko Bellanti says:
The Cambodian Schools Project. They are trying to get laptops to the children of the schools that have been built in rural areas.I’m working on their new website to be up soon and coincidentally, one of the board members just mentioned 2 XO laptops.