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["Haggen So" <haggenso AT gmail.com>]

Not only is the "One Laptop Per Child" (OLPC) a great project for the children in developing countries, the project also integrated Creative Commons licensing as an important policy of the project. Content created or donated in the project are CC-licensed (for example:8.5 GB of CC-Licensed Samples for the OLPC).

The project established the Asia office in Hong Kong and twenty thousand OLPCs will be donated to Sichuan in the first phase. The details can be found below. There are also two coming events:

1. IT Fun Day
Date: 21st December, 2008 (Sunday)
Time: 2:00pm ~ 5:00pm
Venue: Around the junction of Morrison Street and Wing Lok Street in Sheung Wan

The IT Fun Day is a carnival with award presentation, performance, booth display and games with the latest IT applications and aims to promote IT concepts to the public.

Two booths will be run by OLPC. Come and see the machines for real.

2. OLPC The Gathering
Date: 10th January, 2009 (Saturday)
Organizer: Opensource Application Knowledge Association

A more technical discussion on OLPC. Details to be announced at http://www.oaka.org/

	At "One Laptop Per Child" (OLPC), we want to create educational opportunities for the world's poorest children by providing each child with a rugged, low-cost, low-power, connected laptop. We are a non-profit organization, which makes these children our mission and not our market. Thus, wherever we go, we agree to adhere to 5 core principles: children keep the laptops (we want the children to take the laptop home to use it whenever and wherever they want) focus on early education (our software is designed for children aged 6 to12) large number of laptops (we aim to supply whole classes and entire schools with laptops so that everyone gets one and no one is left out) connection to the internet (we believe there are many neat things to learn on the internet) free and open source software (allows the laptop to grow and adapt with the needs of each child) The XO is designed specifically to work in tough conditions and remote areas. It comes packed with software to enable children to learn, explore, create and share. The XO has a big mission. It is a potent learning tool designed and built especially for children in developing countries, living in some of the most remote and harsh environments. It addresses real world issues including everything from extreme climate conditions such as high heat and humidity, to technological concerns such as local language support. The XO is about the size of a small textbook with a unique screen that is readable under direct sunlight for children who go to school outdoors and built-in wireless for remote internet connection. It is water and dust proof with shock resistant features. A mere 1.3 watts powers the XO and where electricity is not available, it can be solar or human powered. OLPC emphasizes on making software for exploring and expressing, rather than instruction. Using the laptop, children engage in constructing knowledge based upon their personal interests; sharing and critiquing these constructions will lead them to become better learners and teachers.
	The massive earthquake that hit Sichuan may have ended lives and livelihoods of many, but we cannot let its devastating effects end the hope and future of their children. With almost all schools and teaching resources destroyed, the children are desperate to get back on track with learning. Knowledge is the best asset they have to conquer the challenges ahead. OLPC Asia Pacific is ready to deliver the vision of the project to the children in the earthquake-stricken areas. Ten primary schools there have been selected, 20,000 XO laptops will be delivered in phases. Training of teachers will follow and technical support will continue.			Your support and donations will help us accomplish this mission. Receiving an XO helps fulfill the hopes and dreams of many children in disaster and poverty stricken areas; giving them a precious opportunity to create a better and brighter future.			The Give 1 Get 1 program is a chance for you to donate an XO laptop to a child in Sichuan and get one for yourself at cost. With HK$3,380, you can give a child the gift of learning and knowledge and experience the unique XO for yourself. The time is NOW, DONATE and help the children in Sichuan regain their opportunity for a better future through the empowerment of continuous learning. Deadline for G1G1 donations is January 25, 2009. Please go to www.olpc.asia and donate today.

贊助人 Patron:
香港特別行政區 財政司司長 曾俊華先生JP
Mr John Tsang Chun-wah, JP, Financial Secretary, Hong Kong S.A.R.

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