The XO to Haiti campaign makes it's goal!
Thanks to some very generous gifts, TWJ and several of its fellow bloggers raised enough money to send an XO to a family in Haiti this Christmas, and a second one to OLPC for another family overseas. We made our initial goal of $423 (400 + tax), which is awesome, but I still think the networking/collaboration features of the XO are it's strongest qualities, which means that two are much better than one. So, I will continue to accept conditional offers of support dependent on whether OLPC decides to renew their give-one-get-one program. I'm also putting a persistant link in the sidebar and if you would like to take part in possibly sending a second computer to Haiti, you can comment below or find my email at the bottom of the page. As always, you can also click here to read the origin of the plan.
Of course, it is always worth mentioning that your help in this effort can be nonmonetary also--we welcome links to this entry, which may be just as helpful in raising support. Thanks!
Just want to let you know that this is an answer to a real need and a desire of our hearts. We've been wanting to get the elementary students here in Haiti more accessible computers and these seem like a perfect solution. We'll keep you posted once we receive them and send photos if you want.
BTW, my weblog is: www.pignonblan.blogspot.com
Blessings, Debbie
(yes, we still are living in the same house, we have 9 boys living with us ages: 15-24, all high school students)
Woohoo! I love it when a plan works. Thanks Miles and Matt for organizing this effort. It was a great idea.
I don't know if this means the program will discontinue, but it looks like it might:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080104/ap_on_hi_te/intel_one_laptop_per_child
XO has finally been sent to Haiti. Just an FYI.
Debbie Luciens in Haiti just sent this email.
"Hi, Just wanted to let you know that the XO computer arrived in Haiti this week! We've already got it turned on and I've got some kids working on it this A.M. Once I get them used to it I'll send some pics!I'll keep you posted.Blessings,DebbiePS. please let your friends know...."
I'll try to get our new mailing address to the folks who still owe me money ...
Heard back from Debbie and she said:
"The XO works fine, ideally we would get at least one more to allow the kids to see networking in action with each other, etc.
I'm in the states right now, when I get back I'll get you some pics of it in the computer lab in Haiti. I'm sorry I didn't do that earlier.
Blessings!"
So they're game for one more.
great blog. I found it on google and i think i will come back later