Rwanda Distributes XO laptops

Rwanda launched the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) program with the distribution of 5,000 laptops. The laptops are currently being sold for US$188, but OLPC is working to drive down costs through a give-one, get-one-free program. Nearly 100 teachers have already completed training by the Kigali Institute of Science and Technology in the use of specialized OLPC XO-1 computers. The organization has also provided Ethiopia with 5,000 laptops, and South Africa and Ghana have each received at least 100 laptops. Rwanda is one of the poorest countries in the world with a GDP of $238.30.

Laptop for developing world by Dell

Competition is heating up in mini laptop market, after the XO computer designed by the One Laptop per Child effort. Dell released images of its new laptop for developing world. There is not much details available at this time about the new initiative. OLPC is a non-profit organization overseeing the $100 laptop project.

Cotribute to One laptop per child project

The One Laptop per Child association (OLPC) is a non-profit organization, set up to oversee The Children’s Machine project and the construction of the XO-1 “$100 laptop”. Both the project and the organization were announced at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland in January 2005. The goal of the foundation is to provide children around the world with new opportunities to explore, experiment, and express themselves. To that end, OLPC is designing a laptop, educational software, manufacturing base, and distribution system to provide children outside of the first-world with otherwise unavailable technological learning opportunities. Contributions can be made either by donations or by volunteering to create activities for the laptop.