Hi Guys,<br><br>I believe our OLPCs are still very much in use, but if anyone knows of some unused/broken OLPCs and would like to donate them, please see the email below.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------
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From: One Laptop per Child [mailto:<a href="mailto:negroponte@laptop.org">negroponte@laptop.org</a>]<br>
Subject: OLPC for Haiti: XO Laptop Recovery Program<br><br>Dear G1G1er,<br>
<br>
At the end of 2007 you participated in the Give One Get One program of One<br>
Laptop per Child (OLPC). Thanks to you and others like you, 75,000 laptops<br>
went to Rwanda, Ethiopia, Mongolia, Cambodia, Oceania, the West Bank, and<br>
Haiti.<br>
<br>
An additional 75,000 laptops came into the USA as part of the "get" side of<br>
the equation. In some cases those laptops have since been put into closets<br>
for one reason or another.<br>
<br>
We are gathering additional used XO laptops to send to Haiti. If you or the<br>
child to whom you gave the laptop is no longer using it, we appeal again to<br>
your generosity and ask you to send it to the address below (even if it is<br>
broken).<br>
<br>
OLPC FOR HAITI c/o Exel<br>
615 Westport Parkway #500<br>
Grapevine, TX 76051<br>
<br>
75% of the schools in Port-au-Prince have been destroyed in the recent<br>
earthquake, but by good fortune, none of our Haitian team was hurt. They<br>
have spare parts and OLPC technical staff and teachers, and stand prepared<br>
to deploy these XOs.<br>
<br>
Because of the XO's unique features (sunlight readability, solar powered,<br>
water resistant, drop proof), it is also an ideal tool for relief work.<br>
<br>
If your XO is in use, please ignore this email. We only want your broken or<br>
unused XOs.<br>
<br>
Sincerely,<br>
<br>
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Nicholas Negroponte<br></div>