hi all I'm kevin from Nicaragua and I've helped several foundations thathave the one laptop per child program, which I have worked withthe Ministry of Education of Nicaragua, like other foundations thatI can help
2011/5/18 Edward Cherlin <echer...@gmail.com> > I am copying my reply to the It's An Education Project and OLPC-SUR > mailing lists of Sugar Labs. I recommend that your staff and members > take a look at the archives of these lists, and consider whether to > join them. > > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/ > > On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 12:44, Evan Markiewicz > <emarkiew...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > To whom it may concern, > > I am writing to introduce you to our organization, ViviendasLeon. We are > a > > non-profit community development and global education organization based > in > > San Francisco and Leon, Nicaragua. We work in rural communities creating > > development programs in construction, environmental, economic, capacity > > building and education development. We have recently been informed of > your > > organization by a teacher in San Rafael who knows of your organization > OLPC > > and recommended we contact you. > > We are delighted to hear from you. > > > I would like to know how we might partner with OLPC to provide computer > > training and equipment for the pre-school through 11th grade students in > the > > communities we work in, and for small business start ups we develop in > > Nicaragua. > > OLPC provides XO laptops running Sugar education software through > governments and NGOs. It commonly happens that people in a particular > country get together over the Internet to work on such projects. In > your case, this is > > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Nicaragua > > Sugar Labs has just begun a project to produce learning materials for > free distribution. If you tell us your requirements, and introduce us > to your trainers, we can work together using our Replacing Textbooks > server. > > http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Replacing_Textbooks > > > ViviendasLeon partners with other organizations and institutions to > provide > > the spectrum of development programs we offer in Nicaragua. One of these > > partners is the USF School of Business. We have been working with the > PSIP > > program there for 3 years to develop small businesses including a sewing > > cooperative and our current project, a bee keeping cooperative. These > > small businesses in particular, and like everything we do in Nicaragua is > a > > laboratory to explore best practices in development and implementation of > > projects uniquely suited to the location and community. > > I am of the opinion that creating businesses through microfinance and > other methods is a critical factor for the success of the OLPC > education project's mission to end poverty. I would be delighted to > discuss this with your partners. > > > We would be interested to find out how we might work with you. > > There are several possibilities. > > Obviously, OLPC is most interested in getting XO laptops with Sugar > software into schools. Can you tell us how many schools you have in > and near Leon, with how many teachers and students? We can then > discuss what it would cost for such a program, including XOs, > electricity, Internet connections, school servers, training, and so > on, and consider how to raise the funds needed. > > If any of your schools have any computers, we can show you how to get > Sugar software running on them, and discuss how you could use it. > > We are in need of help to translate software and other materials into > Spanish, and to translate Spanish-language teacher training materials > into English. > > Do you have any contacts within the Nicaraguan Ministry of Education? > > What is the political climate around education? > > How is the economy doing? > > How do you choose communities to work in? > > How are your relations with local leaders? > > I will have many more questions after you answer those. ^_^ > > > Regards, > > > > Evan > > -- > > Evan Markiewicz > > Executive Director > > > > ViviendasLeón > > Sustaining Communities > > Connecting Cultures > > > > 1585 Folsom St. > > San Francisco, CA 94103 > > (415) 255-2920 > > (415) 255-2921 fax > > e...@viviendasleon.org > > > > www.viviendasleon.org > > _______________________________________________ > > OLPC-SF mailing list > > olpc...@lists.laptop.org > > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-sf > > > > > > > > -- > Edward Mokurai (默雷/धर्ममेघशब्दगर्ज/دھرممیگھشبدگر ج) Cherlin > Silent Thunder is my name, and Children are my nation. > The Cosmos is my dwelling place, the Truth my destination. > _______________________________________________ > Lista olpc-Sur > olpc-...@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-sur > -- *Kevin Mauricio Benavides Castro Soporte Técnico | Proyecto XO *Gang member of the International Support * Nicaragua.** === ***** **
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