I am forwarding this message because it wasn't only circulated in Nepal-specific mailing lists circulated and I want to clarify the status of OLPC in Nepal.
Recently, the NGO OLPC Nepal disbanded when most of the team members resigned citing issues w/ OLPC Boston's management http://groups.google.com/group/olpcnepal/msg/d93ddf63fa09fa6e I don't know the status of the pilot launched by OLPC Nepal at Jana Jyoti school, which was launched on March 27th. http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Janajyoti_School I hope to visit the school soon and check it out for myself. The NGO OLPC Nepal should not be confused w/ the larger OLPC community in Nepal nor the NGO OLE Nepal that is implementing the Bishwamitra and Bashuki pilots. Both of the pilots are doing exceptionally well. The OLPC community here is also doing well. One of our biggest challenges right now is managing people who want to help volunteer for this project. The real losers here are the kids, who have gotten their hopes up and now their isn't an organization to support them. I would love to help out but am currently maxed out w/ with the Bishwamitra and Bashuki pilots. I myself have had a rocky relationship w/ the NGO OLPC Nepal but it has been great getting to know those guys. I was one of the original founders of OLPC Nepal. While myself and much of the current OLE Nepal team left OLPC Nepal back in July of 2007 under unhappy circumstances, I am still proud of what we accomplished together. -- Bryan W. Berry Systems Engineer OLE Nepal, http://www.olenepal.org Begin Forwarded Message From: "Shankar Pokharel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:03:08 +0545 Local: Wed, Apr 23 2008 6:18 pm Subject: Thank you all! It's been a great experience working all-time with OLPC Nepal for about 2 years. We got the Government put OLPC in their yearly plans, raise much awareness about giving children opportunities for a quality learning experience with a free and open platform etc. We would like to thank you all for giving me the opportunity to work with you to do all what we have done, for every support and encouragements. With recent developments in OLPC including change in leadership and organizational structure , which we do not subscribe to, we have decided to take break from OLPC. Our goal remains to create an environment to use free and open platform and the technology for learning. We hope to continue working with the great team for this goal. Shankar and Ankur (ShAnkur) _______________________________________________ Olpc-open mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-open
