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Laptop Per Child as our official charity for 2008, please
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Kevin Day - Rocket
Science
Nicholas Negroponte: The
vision behind One Laptop Per Child
About this Talk
Nicholas Negroponte
lays out the details of his
nonprofit One Laptop Per
Child project. Speaking just
days after relinquishing his
post as director of the MIT
Media Lab, he announces that
he'll pursue this venture
for the rest of his life. He
takes us inside the strategy
for building the "$100
laptop," and explains why
and how the project plans to
launch "at scale," with
millions of units
distributed in the first
seven countries. "This is
not a laptop project; it's
an education project," he
says.
As founder of the MIT Media
Lab, Nicholas Negroponte
pushed the edge of the
information revolution as...
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Thank you for your interest in
One Laptop Per Child. Our mission is to provide a means for
learning, self-expression and exploration to the nearly two
billion children of the developing world with little or no
access to education. While children are by nature eager for
knowledge, many countries have insufficient resources to
devote to education—sometimes less than $20 a year per
child. Imagine the potential that could be unlocked by
giving every child in the world the tools they need to
learn, no matter who they are, no matter where they live, no
matter how little they may have.
If you'd like to donate an XO laptop today, simply click the
donation button on the right, above the photo. A donation of
$200 will pay for and deliver one XO laptop to a child in a
developing nation, $400 will pay for and deliver two XO
laptops, and so on.
Starting November 12, One Laptop Per Child will be offering
a Give 1 Get 1 Program for a brief window of time in North
America. For $399, you will be purchasing two XO laptops—one
that will be sent to empower a child to learn in a
developing nation, and one that will be sent to your child
at home. If you're interested in Give 1 Get 1, we'll be
happy to send you a reminder email. Just sign up in the box
to the left and you'll receive your reminder prior to the
November 12 launch date.
Once again, thank you. We sincerely hope you'll join our
growing community of people working to create a connected,
educated, enlightened future for the world's most essential
resource—its children.
Nicholas Negroponte Founder and Chairman
of One Laptop Per Child
