It would be good if information like this made it onto the wiki Possibly on pages like this (which could use some wiki love and reorganization):
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Afghanistan http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Afghanistan_Team http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Afghan_volunteer cjl On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 6:33 PM, Samuel Klein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One of OLPC's partners in Afghanistan, PAIWASTOON, is looking for > in-country volunteers to help with university outreach and > software/tool development. > > They especially need two software developers to help build their team. > > OLPC in Afghanistan have over 10,000 XOs to work with in the coming > months, and PAIWASTOON can offer basic travel and living stipends. > Below is the original call for assistance from Svetla, one of their > program organizers, and a leaflet they have made. > > You can contact her directly (svetla >at< paiwastoon.com.af ) for > more information, or follow up on the grassroots mailing list. Please > pass this on to anyone who might be interested! > > SJ > > > =========================================== > 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. > > 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 is here too. > > 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. > > For info about OLPC Afghanistan please visit www.olpc.af. > > Thanks/Regards, > > -Svetla > > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep >
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