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AGENDA:
* Fast Review of the 5 latest (greatest!) HW/Project Proposals -- please
join us advocating for, and/or reviewing shortcomings of these proposals:
1. Low cost solar charger for the developing world - MIT, Cambridge,
Massachusetts
2. Developmentally Appropriate Technology in low income DC public
charter school - Washington DC
3. Continued Support Volunteer and Vung Vieng Vietnam (VVV) Project
Work - Hanover, New Hampshire
4. Jobortunity - Tanzania and The Netherlands
5. OLPC-Rotary .. Honduras and beyond - Massachusetts
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1. Low cost solar charger for the developing world - MIT, Cambridge,
Massachusetts
http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=57338
http://www.affordasol.com/olpc
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Requests 1 XO's over 12 months
Project Objectives:
Our goal is to develop a low cost solar charger for the developing
world. By employing low-cost components and novel power electronics, we
aim to achieve a price ($/Watt) that is at least half of what is
commercially available today.
2. Developmentally Appropriate Technology in low income DC public
charter school - Washington DC
http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=57390
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Requests 5 XO's over 5-17 months
Project Objectives:
* To provide reliable, developmentally appropriate technology to
self-guide my students free-choice learning. **To promote and advance
early
literacy skills by providing children with a set time each day to explore
the digital activities XO latops provide.
* To provide concrete examples of the technological benefits of
having XO laptops in our classroom for administrators and visitors
to observe.
* The secondary objective will be to provide a foundation for
student-directed collaboration in developing counties by exposing the 4th
and 5th grade students at our school to a XO laptop lab.
3. Continued Support Volunteer and Vung Vieng Vietnam (VVV) Project Work
- Hanover, New Hampshire
http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=57448
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects/Vung_Vieng_Fishing_Vietnam
http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog/nsevers/4/tpod.html
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Requests 1 XO-1.5 and 1 Serial Adapter over undetermined months
Project Objectives:
I use my original G1G1 XO 1.0 as my principal computer when traveling,
including to the Vietnam Project site and for other OLPC activities
and OLPC
project follow-up in other locations; e.g. Thailand.
The 1.5, faster and with more memory will help me with my OLPC volunteer
work. In particular, I will put it through the paces and learn how to
work
around quirks as I do on the original XO, report bugs and continue the
valuable PR work that happens when I travel with the XO. I have not
used the
XO 1.5. Unless I use one, I cannot speak about it's advantages over other
tablets new laptop projects for children typically compare and consider.
Learning the new equipment is important to my OLPC volunteer work
with the
support gang, for the development of OLPC Vietnam and the
continuation and
growth of the Floating Villages Project.
4. Jobortunity - Tanzania and The Netherlands
http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=57920
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Requests 4 XO's over 12 months
Project Objectives:
The vision of Jobortunity is that vulnerable youth in Tanzania are being
employed, self-reliant and contributing members of the community, and
meet
demanding employability criteria set by leading local employers in
the local
hospitality sector. The mission of Jobortunity is: to provide vulnerable
youth a training focusing on development of life and employability skills
including decision making, communication and essential employment
skills, to
enable them to get a job and keep a job.
The specific objectives are:
* To train 120 young people a year. The first year is a pilot year
wherein the institute will start with 35-40 trainees. In the second
year 80
youngsters will be enrolled. After the initial three years, it is
aimed for
that the training institute will have trained 200 vulnerable youngsters.
* In Kenya, 80% of the graduates of the Ujima training centre have
found a job. Jobortunity strives for the same results in three years.
However one has to acknowledge that the level of education in Tanzania is
lower than in Kenya hence the results of the pilot year will give the
organisation more insight into the achievability of the goals set.
* The trainers are considered key for the success of the training
institute as a good trainer makes good education. For this reason,
Jobortunity will conduct two Training-of-Trainers courses of one year to
build a high quality team resulting in eight Jobortunity master
trainers in
three years.
* The Hospitality Mentor & Pupil Programme will train at least 20
mentors of 20 different hotels/ restaurant to supervise the trainees
during
their internships.
5. OLPC-Rotary .. Honduras and beyond - Massachusetts
http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=57984
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Requests (1 XO-1.5?) over 3-6 months
Project Objectives:
After discussing my fundraising request/proposal to a local Rotary Club,
I was invited to attend the district meeting, scheduled for Friday,
February 26, 2010.
This meeting is used as a way to showcase projects that the many
local clubs
can decide to take on to provide grant money, etc. Therefore it would be
beneficial to have a real XO Laptop to go along with my presentation.
The Rotary International Organization performs many direct and indirect
services throughout the world. It is quite possible that if the district
likes the idea of XO laptops for my initial proposal of supplying 100+
laptops to the Guadalupe Mission School in Honduras, there may be more
XO Laptop projects in the future.
After my initial presentation, I was informed by the head of the district
(who happened to be at the club meeting I attended) that another club was
retrofitting donated PCs @ $100/unit to then provide to others. She said
to me that she felt that the XO would be a better way to go, since they
are ready to go, along with being durable enough to withstand
shipping, etc.
I am requesting the extended period of time, in the event that I am asked
to attend additional local Rotary Club meetings or other groups
interesting
in seeing the functionality of the XO.
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