OLPC Laos/Launch plan
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Laos is one of the poorest countries in Asia. It should be a challenge not to ignore the poorest of the poor. People in Laos don't have much money but, they still smile and have an open heart.
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[edit] Launch date
Hopefully 1.5.2007 delivery starts
[edit] Tasks
[edit] olpc
- Offer Hardware
[edit] Goverment
[edit] NGOs
[edit] Internet Community
[edit] Private Companies
[edit] Finance
[edit] Prerequisite
[edit] Lexicon
Wikipedia does not exists in the in Lao language or script. There are not many computers in this country. Wikipedia will not be a useable lexica in 2007 if it is only a volunteer work.
Salaries in Laos are low compared with European or American revenues. A local office should be opened. In this office translation work should be coordinated. Because of the low salaries in Laos translation costs will small.
[edit] Content
Most of the content has to be developed or adapted. There are regions without internet. Some content should be delivered with the hardware.
[edit] Reading Books
The average child does not have many books.
[edit] Geography
Schools don't have many maps
[edit] Biology
[edit] Mathematics
[edit] Local Geography
There are not many maps available.
[edit] Tribes
Audo of all languages spoken in Laos (there are many)
[edit] Agricultural Knowledge
Slash and burn makes lots of problems. Knowledge can help to keep nature. Landslides are already a big problem.
[edit] Software
The Software has to be translated.
- Office,
- Drawing (Inkscape)
- Imagemanipulation (gimp)
- Soundeditor
- Browser (firefox)
- eBook Reader
- Mail Client
- Messaging Client
[edit] Money
Hardware: 200 M$ (~2M Children)
Translation/Content: 5 M$
Infrastructure: 20 M$
