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Summary overview of stories from countries and Trials.
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Some links to a few more: [[Countries]]
Some links to a few more: [[Countries]]
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This week : Suzanne Buchele started working with other teachers in Ghana, introducing them to the XO; and upgraded her XOs to the latest stable build (after brief confusion about how to update).
Last week : Suzanne Buchele started working with other teachers in Ghana, introducing them to the XO; and upgraded her XOs to the latest stable build (after brief confusion about how to update).


Tim is pushing to get XOs for his upcoming trip to Haiti, in advance of the larger shipment they are receiving later this month.
Tim is pushing to get XOs for his upcoming trip to Haiti, in advance of the larger shipment they are receiving later this month.


Ivan is in Peru, helping them prepare for a significant deployment.
Ivan is in Peru, helping them prepare for a significant deployment.

This week : Larry Weber of our PR firm ,the [[W2 Group]], has been working to help get 100 laptops to Kliptown, South Africa. Whitney Hunter-Thomson is leaving for South Africa in a week, to prepare the ground before the laptops arrive in March. She has been boning up on OLPC ideas and implementation stories, and is visiting the offices this week. She aims to get in touch with members of [[OLPC South Africa]] before she travels, to help start a local support group there.

Revision as of 18:02, 11 February 2008

Summary overview of stories from countries and Trials.


  • Country/trials/schools - news from OLPC implementation sites.

Some links to a few more: Countries


Last week : Suzanne Buchele started working with other teachers in Ghana, introducing them to the XO; and upgraded her XOs to the latest stable build (after brief confusion about how to update).

Tim is pushing to get XOs for his upcoming trip to Haiti, in advance of the larger shipment they are receiving later this month.

Ivan is in Peru, helping them prepare for a significant deployment.

This week : Larry Weber of our PR firm ,the W2 Group, has been working to help get 100 laptops to Kliptown, South Africa. Whitney Hunter-Thomson is leaving for South Africa in a week, to prepare the ground before the laptops arrive in March. She has been boning up on OLPC ideas and implementation stories, and is visiting the offices this week. She aims to get in touch with members of OLPC South Africa before she travels, to help start a local support group there.