Hi,
We would really love to see that happen here in Afghanistan - we are working with a Microfinance bank on a separate project training 250 people to become their own entrepreneurs serving small businesses / organizations here. I can only suggest that here in the region until the XO is available there is the EEE PC and various substitutes for individual purchase. There is now a version of Ubuntu for it that you can load sugar onto. You can them in Pakistan and India at least. I know it's not the complete answer - but it's a substitute. We here are implementing the XO with the Ministry of Education - so we are not yet sure what private schools / others will be able to do at the moment. If you need any help / support working with MF partners please feel free to get in touch. Regards, -Mike Bryan Berry wrote: > Edward, > > You often bring up the possibility of using microfinance to purchase > XO's. There are already a # of organizations in Nepal and across South > Asia working in microfinance and ready to finance XO's. Several friends > of mine here in Nepal pester me about when their clients can buy XO's. > Sadly, they can't because OLPC still doesn't offer XO's for such > purposes. > > > -- Mike Dawson Deputy CEO PAIWASTOON Networking Services Ltd. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: +93 (798) 258 092 VOIP: +44 (161) 408 3048 Skype: mike.dawson PAIWASTOON Networking Services Ltd. Next to Ariana TV / Radio Daral-Amman Kabul, Afghanistan _______________________________________________ Grassroots mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/grassroots
