On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 2:37 PM, Walter Bender <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I suggest you approach Chuck Kane at OLPC directly. If for some reason > he cannot accommodate the request, then we should discuss alternative > means to deploy Sugar. > > -walter > > On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 5:32 PM, Yamandu Ploskonka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> (from Werner Westermann, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) >> >> Best regards from Santiago, Chile. >> >> In May of this year, we had exciting news where the ICT-Schools program of >> the >> Department of Education, Enlaces (http://www.enlaces.cl), asked Educalibre >> (http://www.educalibre.cl/) to propose a OLPC deployment project. Enlaces >> previously met >> with a OLPC and Brightstar representatives asuring a total of 1000 XOs. We >> went on to >> develop the proposal and negociate where to deploy the iniciative (Enlaces >> required us >> to engage rural areas, outside of the Metropolitan Area, among others): >> >> http://wiki.educalibre.cl/index.php/Propuesta_OLPC_Chile >> >> Unfortunately, as you can see, the proposal was frustrated, because as >> Brightstar >> distributor and partner of the OLPC Foundation, argued that it would not be >> possible for >> the Chilean State to purchase only 1,000 XOs, but would consider a minimum >> of 10,000 XO. >> Faced with this sudden change of turn and the impossibility of buying that >> quantity >> off-budget, Enlaces decided to discard the possibility that the XO came into >> the hands >> of our children.
This is perfectly idiotic. The Give Many page http://laptop.org/en/participate/give-many.shtml says The Give Many program allows donors to bring one laptop per child to whole classes and schools, and includes Give 100 and Give 1,000 programs. It offers hundreds of students a new way of learning that is creative, collaborative and self-empowered. * - $219 per laptop to OLPC partner countries and LDCs * - $259 per laptop to the rest of the world Every donation of 100 or more laptops includes spare parts. Donations of 1,000 laptops or more are eligible for in-person assistance from OLPC staff. To become a Give Many donor, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with your project timeline, and with details about the receiving school or group. Doesn't anybody at OLPC pay attention to what they tell the public? >> Seeing pilots open in Latin America (Paraguay, Colombia, Nicaragua) promoted >> by NGOs or >> other non-profit institutions, we are once again dreaming of implementing an >> OLPC pilot >> in Chile. Educalibre has been formalized as an NGO Corporation and also has >> the support >> of other NGOs that relate to free culture >> (http://www.derechosdigitales.org/) and >> pedagogical universities (http://www.ucsh.cl/). We have certainty of being >> able to >> gather the financial and human resources to successfully depploy OLPC in >> Chile. >> >> How and through what channel we can raise a formal proposal to deploy OLPC >> in Chile? >> >> To whom can we turn for this possibility? >> >> With harmless envy, we watch (and also colaborate) how OLPC can be a real >> strategy to >> transform education, teaching, and especially, children's learning. From >> here we want to >> join and contribute in that process. I look forward to your contact. >> >> Best regards, >> >> Werner Westermann Juárez >> ONG Corporación Educalibre >> http://www.educalibre.cl >> (+562) 632 3660 >> (+5609) 7 805 7501 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Localization mailing list >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/localization >> > > > > -- > Walter Bender > Sugar Labs > http://www.sugarlabs.org > _______________________________________________ > Grassroots mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/grassroots > -- Silent Thunder (默雷/धर्ममेघशब्दगर्ज/دھرممیگھشبدگر ج) is my name And Children are my nation. The Cosmos is my dwelling place, The Truth my destination. http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/User:Mokurai _______________________________________________ Sugar mailing list Sugar@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/sugar
