I am seeking others in LOS ANGELES area who have OLPC Laptops to meet and form a group.Email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks, Thom Uber
On 7/8/08, Mike Dawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear All, > > > Perhaps Afghanistan is not the first place you think of when considering > your next vacation or internship. But since OLPC are donating 10,000 > G1G1 machines Afghanistan and is working with the top level of the > Ministry of Education this could very well become a showpiece for OLPC > in S. Asia. > > > We are looking for 2 Interns / Graduates / Motivated volunteers to help > us building the capacity of the local team. We need to operate > university outreach programs, training, and a fair bit of direct server > config in advance of having sufficient locally built capacity. We are > looking through various graduate/student/internship organisations. > > > We can offer flight support, accommodation, and a living stipend (salary > / pocket money of $300+ a month, covers living quite reasonably here). > > > Afghanistan day to day in most provinces and most places remains pretty > safe - one can walk around, go out, visit people using taxis or your own > car. Driving can be just a little chaotic, but nowhere near as bad as > in India. If you look beyond the media there is a lot to see here, > hospitality that even exceeds other developing countries, and really > rapid progress. There are some places (like the south) that are > dangerous, but in Kabul and the north things are pretty stable. One > just needs to know places to go to and places to stay away from (like > military bases, big foreigner parties, etc). > > > Right now we are half way through setting up an open source localisation > team for Afghanistan and building the open source community. For those > of you who are more interested in remote contributions to Afghanistan > specifically, a chance will be upcoming in the next months. > > > Afghanistan could be the case study that shows the ability of the XO to > be at the center of redevelopment. If we can make the XO work here - > then we can prove to the world that it can work almost anywhere! You > might hear on the news about the chronic waste of money out here, the > hundreds of millions missing, wasted, and worse. And you know how cost > effectively the XO can change that. The great thing about Afghanistan, > is being a development work in progress, we can together, and will, > improve that situation. I hope we can find some people to join us on > the ground and help make that happen. > > > > Thanks/Regards, > > > -Mike > > > > > Details, country information, etc. for the formal job title can be found > under 'IT Coach' at > > http://www.paiwastoon.com.af/mainpages-en/careers-intl.sxw.html . > > > -- > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Olpc-open mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-open > _______________________________________________ Olpc-open mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-open
