If you bought an XO laptop through their Give One Get One program, it’s probably sitting and gathering dust. You can finally make it useful. The OLPC foundation is requesting that unused XO laptops be sent to Haiti. That’s what I’ll be doing with mine.
Dear G1G1er,
At the end of 2007 you participated in the Give One Get One program of One Laptop per Child (OLPC). Thanks to you and others like you, 75,000 laptops went to Rwanda, Ethiopia, Mongolia, Cambodia, Oceania, the West Bank, and Haiti.
An additional 75,000 laptops came into the USA as part of the “get” side of the equation. In some cases those laptops have since been put into closets for one reason or another.
We are gathering additional used XO laptops to send to Haiti. If you or the child to whom you gave the laptop is no longer using it, we appeal again to your generosity and ask you to send it to the address below (even if it is broken).
OLPC FOR HAITI c/o Exel
615 Westport Parkway #500
Grapevine, TX 7605175% of the schools in Port-au-Prince have been destroyed in the recent earthquake, but by good fortune, none of our Haitian team was hurt. They have spare parts and OLPC technical staff and teachers, and stand prepared to deploy these XOs.
Because of the XO’s unique features (sunlight readability, solar powered, water resistant, drop proof), it is also an ideal tool for relief work.
If your XO is in use, please ignore this email. We only want your broken or unused XOs.
Sincerely,
Nicholas Negroponte