[dundee] FW: OLPC for Haiti: XO Laptop Recovery Program

[Jennifer higgins]

Hi Guys,

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.

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From: One Laptop per Child [mailto:negroponte at laptop.org]
Subject: OLPC for Haiti: XO Laptop Recovery Program

Dear G1G1er,

At the end of 2007 you participated in the Give One Get One program of One
Laptop per Child (OLPC). Thanks to you and others like you, 75,000 laptops
went to Rwanda, Ethiopia, Mongolia, Cambodia, Oceania, the West Bank, and
Haiti.

An additional 75,000 laptops came into the USA as part of the "get" side of
the equation. In some cases those laptops have since been put into closets
for one reason or another.

We are gathering additional used XO laptops to send to Haiti. If you or the
child to whom you gave the laptop is no longer using it, we appeal again to
your generosity and ask you to send it to the address below (even if it is
broken).

OLPC FOR HAITI c/o Exel
615 Westport Parkway #500
Grapevine, TX 76051

75% of the schools in Port-au-Prince have been destroyed in the recent
earthquake, but by good fortune, none of our Haitian team was hurt. They
have spare parts and OLPC technical staff and teachers, and stand prepared
to deploy these XOs.

Because of the XO's unique features (sunlight readability, solar powered,
water resistant, drop proof), it is also an ideal tool for relief work.

If your XO is in use, please ignore this email. We only want your broken or
unused XOs.

Sincerely,

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Nicholas Negroponte
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