mission statement: to create educational opportunities for the world's poorest children by...

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One Laptop per Child Mission Statement: To create educational opportunities for the world's poorest children by providing each child with a rugged, low-cost, low-power, connected laptop with content and software designed for collaborative, joyful, self-empowered learning. When children have access to this type of tool they get engaged in their own education. They learn, share, create, and collaborate. They

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One Laptop per Child

Mission Statement: To create educational opportunities for the world's poorest children by providing each child with a rugged, low-cost, low-power, connected laptop with content and software designed for collaborative, joyful, self-empowered learning. When children have access to this type of tool they get engaged in their own education. They learn, share, create, and collaborate. They become connected to each other, to the world and to a brighter future.

One Laptop per Child

Founded in 2006 Cost less than US$100 per laptop Runs cut-down version of Linux called

Sugar Over 100 000 in use so far 250 000 ordered by India! Developing countries and remote areas

such as the outback of Australia

OLPC

Gaza

OLPC

Nepal

OLPC

Ethiopia

OLPC

Grandma

OLPC

Solar power