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One Laptop Per Child: “Give 1 Get 1″ Promotion

by forsythe on September 24, 2007 at 2:29 am · Comments
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The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project needs to raise some money. To that end, it has started the “Give 1 Get 1″ promotion. Nicholas Negroponte, the OLPC chairman, “is reaching out to the public to try to give the laptop campaign a boost. The marketing program, to be announced Monday, is called “Give 1 Get 1,” in which Americans and Canadians can buy two laptops for $399.”

link: Buy a laptop for a child, get another laptop free

It’s for a great cause. It’s a tax deductible donation. And you have a laptop that will be part of tech history. Orders will be accepted from November 12 to November 26. Please set aside some funds if you possibly can support OLPC…

Catherine Forsythe

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A Closer Look at the One Laptop Per Child at Catherine’s Flying Hamster Blog - September 25, 2007 @ 3:02 am

[…] Just in case you are thinking of taking part in the “Give 1 Get 1″ laptop promotion, the BBC is providing a closer look at the various aspects of the XO laptop. For example, […]

Anita White - February 13, 2008 @ 10:51 am

I feel that I should be able to give the free laptop to any child in need that I choose. Like here in the United states to a Head Start child.

geekess - March 21, 2008 @ 10:52 am

Mine just came in the other day. I wound up playing with the music synthesizer for half the night and with Turtle Graphics the rest of the night. The applications are easy to use, and as you get into them more advanced features show up. Did you see the demo pictures in Turtle Graphics?

Anita, the best part of the give-one-get-one program is that you can give the “get one” computer to anyone you wish. If you want to give to say, children in Appalachia, there is a program for buyers of multiple laptops to specify the destination. Get your church group together and consider it missionary service. Here’s the info page.

http://laptopfoundation.org/participate/givemany.shtml

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