One Laptop Per Child - OLPC
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The One Laptop Per Child Association, Inc. (OLPC) is a U.S. non-profit organization set up to oversee the creation of an affordable educational device for use in the developing world. Its current focus is on the development, construction and deployment of the XO-1 laptop to promote children's education in developing nations. OLPC has generated a great deal of interest in the Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D) and One to one computing fields of research. OLPC is a 501(c)(3) organization registered in Delaware, USA.
OLPC is funded by member organizations, including AMD, Brightstar Corporation, eBay, Google, Marvell, News Corporation, SES, Nortel Networks, and Red Hat. Each company has donated two million dollars.
The organization is chaired by Nicholas Negroponte. Other principals of the company include Jim Gettys, Vice-President of Software Engineering and Charles Kane, President and Chief Operating Officer.
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By giving a laptop, you are helping bring education to children in some of the world's most remote areas. You are connecting them to each other. To us. To hope. And to a better future.
If you donate one or more laptops on someone's behalf and we'll send them a personalized One Laptop Per Child card in the mail to celebrate the gift. Click on the Laptop above to donate. Once you complete your order, a page will appear where you can provide the gift card information.
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