One Laptop per Child (OLPC) is a non-profit organization founded in 2005 to provide affordable laptop computers to children in developing countries. OLPC aims to empower children through education by providing them with a rugged, low-cost, low-power laptop designed for learning. Over 1.4 million laptops have been distributed globally as of 2010, with large deployments in countries such as Uruguay, Peru, Nigeria, and Mongolia. The organization faces challenges in generating sales and ensuring commitments from partner countries are fulfilled.
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1. One Laptop per Child History & Deployment Prepared by Dr. Anwar Dafa-Alla [email_address] One Laptop per Child
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3. The OLPC Mission: Provide laptops as a means to empower the nearly 2 billion children in the developing world who receive little to no education and help close the digital divide before it’s too late.
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5. “ This is not just a matter of giving a laptop to each child, as if bestowing on them some magical charm. The magic lies within - within each child, within each scientist-, scholar-, or just-plain-citizen-in-the-making. This initiative is meant to bring it forth into the light of day” ~ Kofi Annan | WSIS, 2005.
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10. Evolution of Design Blue e-Book Yellow Pivoting Laptop Green Hand-cranked Laptop
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13. Types of Deployments Small deployments 50 – 1000 XOs Often run solely on the documentation and possibly mailing lists. More deployments like this expected More flexible and able to deploy rapidly. Large “trial” deployment 1K – 10K XOs High profile trials come up quickly and have tight time frames May engage via tech support e-mail and visits by OLPC staff After initial deployment, feedback can taper off Mature deployment 11K – 300K XOs Usually some SI and extensive in country support system Regular meetings with 1CC, list and tech support engagements