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=== About the Philippines === |
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The Philippines (officially known as the Republic of the Philippines), is an archipelagic country located in Southeast Asia with Manila as its capital city. The Philippine archipelago comprises 7,107 islands in the western Pacific Ocean, sharing maritime borders with Indonesia, Malaysia, Palau, the Republic of China (Taiwan), and Vietnam. The Philippines is the world's 12th most populous country with a population approaching 90 million people. Its national economy is the 46th largest in the world with an estimated 2008 gross domestic product (GDP) of over US$154.073 billion. There are more than 11 million overseas Filipinos worldwide, the largest diaspora network in the world, about 11% of the total population of the Philippines. Ecologically, Philippines is considered to be among 17 of the most megadiverse countries in the world. |
The Philippines (officially known as the Republic of the Philippines), is an archipelagic country located in Southeast Asia with Manila as its capital city. The Philippine archipelago comprises 7,107 islands in the western Pacific Ocean, sharing maritime borders with Indonesia, Malaysia, Palau, the Republic of China (Taiwan), and Vietnam. The Philippines is the world's 12th most populous country with a population approaching 90 million people. Its national economy is the 46th largest in the world with an estimated 2008 gross domestic product (GDP) of over US$154.073 billion. There are more than 11 million overseas Filipinos worldwide, the largest diaspora network in the world, about 11% of the total population of the Philippines. Ecologically, Philippines is considered to be among 17 of the most megadiverse countries in the world. |
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Mabuhay! Welcome to OLPC Philippines
OLPC Philippines (OLPC PH) is a grassroots coalition of forward-looking and like-minded individuals living in the Philippines and abroad who are working to bring the XO Children's Machine and its unique educational methodology to Filipino children. Please join and share your ideas! For quick tips and to learn wiki syntax, reading the Wiki help page would be a good start.
About the Philippines
From the Wikipedia entry about Philippines:
The Philippines (officially known as the Republic of the Philippines), is an archipelagic country located in Southeast Asia with Manila as its capital city. The Philippine archipelago comprises 7,107 islands in the western Pacific Ocean, sharing maritime borders with Indonesia, Malaysia, Palau, the Republic of China (Taiwan), and Vietnam. The Philippines is the world's 12th most populous country with a population approaching 90 million people. Its national economy is the 46th largest in the world with an estimated 2008 gross domestic product (GDP) of over US$154.073 billion. There are more than 11 million overseas Filipinos worldwide, the largest diaspora network in the world, about 11% of the total population of the Philippines. Ecologically, Philippines is considered to be among 17 of the most megadiverse countries in the world.
OLPC PH Projects
These are the projects OLPC PH is currently involved with:
Flash as a Gaming/Edu-Gaming Platform for the XO-1
OLPC Philippines Grassroots Developer Program
OLPC Philippines Unang Liwanag
Community Activities
September 2008
Software Freedom Day 2008, National Computer Center, Quezon City - Sept. 20, 2008
- The OLPC PH team joined Software Freedom Day 2008 as a booth sponsor and was able to showcase the XO-1 laptop and OLPC PH grassroots to attendees of the event.
- Jerome Gotangco was interviewed by Net 25.
- Event pictures
August 2008
Ubuntu Love Day Manila 2008, UP Diliman, Quezon City - Aug. 23, 2008
- Rowen Remis Iral delivered a 40-minute presentation of the XO-1 and OLPC PH grassroots effort
- Event pictures
Developer Updates
OLPC PH Meetings
Next meeting date
The OLPC PH team meet every fortnight. The next meeting is scheduled on (add date here) via IRC. With your IRC client, please connect to server irc.freenode.net and join #olpc-ph.
Minutes of previous meetings
For the minutes of the previous meeting, please check the Meeting Minutes page.
External Resources
The non-wiki site is at http://olpcph.multiply.com. There is also a group of supporters for OLPC Philippines at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=8363657036
New OLPC Philippines site http://www.olpcph.co.cc
Use the talk page / Discussion page for your updates especially blog sites within the Philippines or relevant sites that discussed about OLPC Philippines. Thank you.
To join us, subscribe to the olpc-philippines mailing list and introduce yourself. We often send announcements and have discussions on this list. You can also post a comment to this page's discussion page. If you are new to wikis, you may want to read the Wikieducator tutorial (in English) or ask the mailing list for help.
OLPC PH Wiki Archive
You can still access the OLPC PH Wiki Archive.