OLPCorps UCBerkeley Zambia

Cal OLPC

Participating School: University of California, Berkeley

Deployment Location: Lusaka, Zambia

About Us

The Cal OLPCorps team has partnered with FORGE to deploy XO laptops in Zambia. Originally, we intended to run the project in the Meheba Refugee Settlement in rural Zambia. However, we soon discovered that the project and investment of power infrastructure would be unsustainable in the long-run with the prospect of repatriation for the current refugees. As a result, we have shifted the focus of our project towards working directly with refugee university students as part of our team to deploy laptops to a primary school in Lusaka, Zambia. Many of the refugee students are pursuing degrees in non-profit management, so this is also a great opportunity for them to gain experience for similar roles in the future and for OLPC to invest in the next generation of local leaders.

Mission

Connecting, Sharing, Empowering

Contact: Please e-mail any suggestions or comments to CALolpc at googlegroups.com

OLPCorps Proposal

In Progress.

Cal OLPC Team

In order to engage the local community in a sustainable manner and provide knowledge-sharing at every part of this process, half of our team will consist of local university students in Lusaka. As the International Team works to find resources and partners for the deployment, our counterparts in Zambia will begin working with local primary schools. Over the summer, the two sides will come together for mentorship and a knowledge-transfer of technology, resources, and local community practices.

International Coordinators

Position	Name	University	Major
Project Coordinator & Logistical Lead	Jessica Yueh	UC Berkeley	B.S. Business Administration & B.A. Development Studies(in progress)
Technical Lead	Jack Chi	Rice University, UC Berkeley
Pedagogical Lead	Laura Keys	Washington University in St. Louis, UC Berkeley
Political Lead/Advisory	FORGE	Staff advisers: Abby Speight, Kjerstin Erickson

Local Coordinators

FORGE Education Fund (FEF) sponsored refugee university students

Partnerships

FORGE International NGO [Description]

Project Ideas

Details to come!