OLPCorps Middlebury College Egypt

The Middlebury College team is made up of two Middlebury College students, Matthew Groh and David Hamberlin, in addition to Monica Abrudan and Ahmed Sabry.

Matthew Groh He is a rising senior at Middlebury college pursuing an economics major and minors in Arabic and mathematics. He has spent the last 9 months studying abroad in Alexandria, Egypt.

David Hamberlin He is also a rising senior at Middlebury college pursuing an Arabic major. He has also spent the last 9 months studying abroad in Alexandria, Egypt.

Monica Abrudan She is a graduate student pursuing her Master's degree in social development studies. She has a BA in computer science from Babes Boylai University in Romania.

Ahmed Sabry He is a pharmaceutical major at the University of Alexandria, Egypt and a resident of Oreen (the target village).

Brief Summary:

The Middlebury team will work with the Nozha New Era Rotaract Club to deploy 100 XO laptops to the children at the elementary school in Oreen. Ahmed is our established connection to the town, and we have already made arrangements to use the elementary school this summer as the classroom facilities. The residents of Oreen are very excited at the prospects of this project, and we feel confident in our ability to not just deploy laptops, but teach how the laptops can open up the world to these children. Language will not be a barrier because Ahmed is fluent in Egyptian colloquial, and Matthew and David are both nearly fluent. Additionally, the Rotaract members have pledged at leaster one additional teacher per day, so our project will have the infrastructure that will allow us to individualize the curriculum.

Monica will handle all technical aspects of the project, and she will eventually create a website on which we will publish the children's projects.

If any one has any suggestions for us, please feel free to e-mail us at olpcorpsmiddlebury(at)gmail(dot)com