One Laptop Per Child: “Give 1 Get 1″ Promotion
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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
Tags: one laptop per child, promotion, free laptop, tax deduction, nicholas negroponte
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A Closer Look at the One Laptop Per Child at Catherine’s Flying Hamster Blog
September 25th, 2007
at 3:02am
[…] 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 13th, 2008
at 10:51am
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 21st, 2008
at 10:52am
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