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Dailymotion, One Laptop per Child launch search for the best video for giving campaign

September 22, 2023 By Dennis Bouchand Leave a Comment

Dailymotion and One Laptop per Child (OLPC) announced a holiday contest to support OLPC’s Give One, Get One campaign.

The contest, which runs from November 17, 2008 to December 15, 2008, calls for Dailymotion users to upload original commercials for the Give One, Get One campaign. One winning commercial will be selected from among the submissions. Along with bringing greater attention to this important campaign, the winning commercial will be aired on a major network/cable TV channel during the period of December 15th to December 31st.

To enter the contest, participants should upload their video entries to the Give One, Get One group at Dailymotion.

Originally posted on November 19, 2008 @ 9:05 pm

Filed Under: Video, Web Tagged With: Dailymotion, One Laptop per Child

Give a laptop, get a laptop

September 22, 2023 By Dennis Bouchand Leave a Comment

The recent U.S. election has shown that ordinary citizens coming together can change the status quo. Now is the time to harness that goodwill and help the children of the developing world who have been left behind. Some of the world’s poorest countries spend less than $20 a year on children’s education and one in three children won’t complete fifth grade. Participation in One Laptop per Child’s Give 1 Get 1 program will help bring a modern education to these children and empower them to build a better future for themselves and their families and their communities and societies.

One Laptop per Child (OLPC) is a nonprofit whose mission is to provide laptop computers that are sufficiently affordable and connected to the Internet to every child in the world. OLPC first launched Give 1 Get 1 in 2007, raising more than $35 million to fund the delivery of tens of thousands of laptops to children in countries such as Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Haiti, Mongolia and Rwanda. To date, OLPC has distributed more than 500,000 XO laptops in 31 countries and is on its way to delivering one million laptops by the end of 2008.

Starting today, individuals can support the OLPC Foundation through two options:

Give 1 Get 1 – By paying $399 for two XO children’s laptops – one to give, one to get. The laptop you give will go to a child in developing country. The laptop you receive can be used by you or a deserving child or friend.

Give a Laptop – For those people who want to give only, you can donate as many laptops as you want to give at $199 each.

Those in the US can go to http://www.amazon.com/xo and those who live outside of the US can visit http://www.amazon.co.uk/xo.

Originally posted on November 17, 2008 @ 11:38 am

Filed Under: Technology Tagged With: One Laptop per Child

One Laptop Per Child Scales the Gates

September 11, 2023 By Andrew G. R. Leave a Comment

Microsoft, along with the One Laptop Per Child project, have announced that the XO laptop will be available in both Linux and Windows.

The Windows-powered XO will be released in approximately six countries starting next month. Expect a wider release later in the year.

The agreement, which has been rumored for quite some time, guarantees a broader acceptance for the XO which has gotten off to a shaky (at best) start. Several countries, such as Uruguay, made Windows a mandatory requirement in order to embrace the program.

The ultimate goal is to create a laptop that with boot in either Windows or Linux.

See, in order to get laptops into the hands of children in developing countries, everyone can get along!

Read more at BusinessWeek.

Originally posted on May 16, 2008 @ 9:10 am

Filed Under: Microsoft Tagged With: linux, olpc, One Laptop per Child, windows

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