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My name is Gillian Javetski and I am an intern at OLPC's Cambridge office this summer. I am a senior at Tufts University, where I am double majoring in international relations and community health. I took this past semester off to work at the United Nations Development Programme's HIV/AIDS unit in Geneva. At OLPC, I will be conducting research on UN and international partnerships.
My name is Gillian Javetski and I am an intern at OLPC's Cambridge office this summer. I am a senior at Tufts University, where I am double majoring in international relations and community health. I took this past semester off to work at the United Nations Development Programme's HIV/AIDS unit in Geneva. At OLPC, I will be conducting research on UN and international partnerships.


===Work at OLPC===
=== What I am currently working on ===

===General Synopsis===
* Blog posts (both writing and editing)
* Blog posts (both writing and editing)
** Afghanistan blog posts, including [http://blog.laptop.org/2010/07/25/olpc-af-a-time-to-learn/ one], [http://blog.laptop.org/2010/07/09/olpc-afghanistan-reca/ two], [http://blog.laptop.org/2010/07/06/olpc-af-briefing-note/ three] --> Go through and select photos for Afghanistan blog posts
** Afghanistan blog posts, including [http://blog.laptop.org/2010/07/25/olpc-af-a-time-to-learn/ one], [http://blog.laptop.org/2010/07/09/olpc-afghanistan-reca/ two], [http://blog.laptop.org/2010/07/06/olpc-af-briefing-note/ three] --> Go through and select photos for Afghanistan blog posts
** Other blog posts, including XO 1.5HS, Indonesian laptop
** Other blog posts, including XO 1.5HS, Indonesian laptop
* UNICEF/Afghanistan research for [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Afghanistan/Background wiki page], including foreign aid data
* [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Afghanistan/Background UNICEF/Afghanistan wiki page] and research, including foreign aid data
** Correspond with Mike Dawson, met with Matt and Salim
** Correspond with Mike Dawson, met with Matt and Salim
** Afghanistan budget research for Matt; spoke with contacts at a variety of think tanks and USAID
** Afghanistan budget research for Matt; spoke with contacts at a variety of think tanks and USAID
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** Work on Afghanistan grant process, do research, create google docs, beginning to add information, met with Barbara for information
** Work on Afghanistan grant process, do research, create google docs, beginning to add information, met with Barbara for information
** UNICEF/Afghanistan memo
** UNICEF/Afghanistan memo
* WFP/Nepal wiki page: corresponded with Nepal team
* [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Nepal/Background WFP/Nepal wiki page]: corresponded with Nepal team
* Haiti Partners/Haiti wiki page: met with Adam to discuss Haiti
* [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Haiti/Background Haiti Partners/Haiti wiki page]: met with Adam to discuss Haiti
* Working with/checking in on volunteers on IRC Chat
* Working with/checking in on volunteers on IRC Chat
** Worked on [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/ClassActs/Resources#OLPC_Deployment_Stories Class/Act Resources] with Shirish
** Worked on [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/ClassActs/Resources#OLPC_Deployment_Stories Class/Act Resources] with Shirish
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===Timeline/To Do List===
===Timeline/To Do List===
*'''July 28-31st:''' wrote blog posts about Afghanistan and 1.5HS, put grant application and SF424 up, continue working on [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Nepal/Background Nepal wiki page].
*'''July 28-31st:''' wrote blog posts about Afghanistan and 1.5HS, put grant application and SF424 up, continue working on [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Nepal/Background Nepal wiki page].
*'''August 2-August 6:''' Look at Matt's research request about incorporating an office in Afghanistan, email Nepal group for feedback and incorporate feedback, go through OLE newsletters, make wiki page on country statistics (number of primary school students, public private distinction, gender gap) from UNESCO, [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Haiti/Background Haiti wiki page], [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Ethiopia/Background Ethiopia wiki page]
*'''August 2-August 6:''' Look at Matt's research request about incorporating an office in Afghanistan, email Nepal group for feedback and incorporate feedback, go through OLE newsletters, [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Haiti/Background Haiti wiki page]
*'''August 9-13''': post tear down instructions, work with Paul on [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Fix_Clock RTC problems], [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Rwanda/Background Rwanda wiki page], write additional 2 blog posts on 1.5HS
*'''August 9-13''': work with Paul on [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Fix_Clock RTC problems], [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Rwanda/Background Rwanda wiki page], [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Ethiopia/Background Ethiopia wiki page], go through all five country profiles, add graphs, add information, and make them more uniform
*'''August 16-24:''' home for vacation
*'''August 16-24:''' home for vacation
*'''August 24-September 4''': working on and finalizing white papers, possibly writing a page on Paraguay
*'''August 24-September 4''': post tear down instructions, write additional 2 blog posts on 1.5HS, working on and finalizing white papers

===Summary of Last Few Days===
During my last week at the OLPC office, I hope to finish up on the research components of my internship. I plan on completing the Rwanda and Ethiopia (work on Ethiopia Thursday and Friday) OLPC wiki pages so that they include a comprehensive set of information about the country’s education backgrounds, important education data, OLPC’s work on the ground, and a description of other development groups’ priorities. I will also return to edit Afghanistan, Nepal, and Haiti pages so that they reflect these changes as well. Finally, in non-research work, I have a few loose ends to tie up here at OLPC that I will work on Wednesday. These include posting tear down instructions, write additional 2 blog posts on 1.5HS, working with Paul on RTC problems, and making a wiki page on country’s education statistics (although this may have to wait until later in the week.)

Once I return from vacation on the 24th, I will dedicate the rest of my OLPC work to writing white papers for these five countries. I hope to write the papers based off of my research findings, and share them with SJ and people involved in each country. There are a variety of people I hope to connect with for feedback, including for Ethiopia (Lidet), Rwanda (Julia and Rwanda Country Director Sam Dusengiyumva), Nepal (Rabbi) Afghanistan (Mike Dawson, Salim, and Matt), and Haiti (Adam and whoever else Adam can recommend).
It would also be great to receive feedback on my first white paper from a structural perspective by someone who has experience writing them. I will incorporate all feedback I receive and share them with the appropriate parties. At this point I am unsure about whether I will be in New Jersey or Massachusetts, but either way can work from the office or remotely. I will definitely stop by the office at some point before the school year starts.

Working at OLPC this summer has been an incredible opportunity, and after two months I feel like I’m finally getting the swing of how things work around here. I have a much better grasp of the organization’s priorities, both its own and what is looks for in international partners. I feel that my last few weeks here have been the most productive now and I am able to work at a more efficient pace. It has been wonderful getting to know the people here at OLPC, and I look forward to staying in contact with them once my time here is done. I am still excited to meet with Lidet to discuss her work in Ethiopia and explore possibilities for me to support OLPC there once I graduate. I would also love to follow up with Zehra and Shannon to talk about their work on the Middle East project and also about their experiences as new employees at OLPC. Finally, I would love to take SJ and Adam out to lunch to learn about their own stories and how they ended up at this organization. (Thanks for everything --[[User:Sj|Sj]]&nbsp;[[User talk:Sj|<font style="color:#f70; font-size:70%">talk</font>]]!)

==Educational Initiatives==

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!width="10%" | Name of Organization
!Investment in Country
!People/Major Projects
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|'''UNICEF'''
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|'''WFP'''
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|'''WHO'''
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|'''UNESCO'''
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|'''UNDP'''
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|'''IFRC'''
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|'''World Vision:'''
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|'''Save the Children'''
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|'''USAID'''
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|'''SOS Children's Villages'''
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|'''World Bank'''
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{|border="collapse" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" align="center" style="border-collapse:collapse;" width="95%"
|+'''[http://www.unicef.org/sowc09/docs/SOWC09-FullReport-EN.pdf UNICEF's] State of the World's Children Report 2009 Statistics'''
|-
!Categories
!width="10%"| Numbers
|-
|Total adult literacy rate (%), 2000-2007
|
|-
|Primary school net enrollment/ attendance (%), 2000-2007
|
|-
|Youth literacy, 2000–2007 (M / F)<ref> '''Youth literacy rate''' – Number of literate persons aged 15–24, expressed as a percentage of the total population in that age group.</ref>
| /
|-
|Percentage of phone/internet users 2006
| /
|-
|Primary school gross enrollment (%) 2000-2007 (M / F)<ref> '''Primary school gross enrollment ratio''' – Number of children enrolled in primary school, regardless of age,expressed as a percentage of the total number of children of official primary school age. </ref>
| /
|-
|Primary school net enrollment (%) 2000-2007 (M / F)<ref> '''Primary school net enrollment ratio''' – Number of children enrolled in primary school who are of official primary school age, expressed as a percentage of the total number of children of official primary school age. </ref>
| /
|-
|Primary school net attendance (%) 2000-2007 (M / F) <ref> '''Primary school net attendance ratio''' – Number of children attending primary or secondary school who are of official primary school age, expressed as a percentage of the total number of children of official primary school age. </ref>
| /
|-
|Survival rate to last primary grade (%) 2000–2007 (administrative / survey data) <ref> '''Survival rate to the last grade of primary school''' – Percentage of children entering the first grade of primary school who eventually reach the last grade of primary school. </ref>
| /
|-
|Secondary school gross enrollment (%) 2000-2007 (M/F)<ref> '''Secondary school gross enrollment ratio''' – Number of children enrolled in secondary school, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the total number of children of official secondary school age. </ref>
| /
|-
|Secondary school net enrollment (%) 2000-2007 (M/F)<ref> '''Secondary school net enrollment ratio''' – Number of children enrolled in secondary school who are of official secondary school age, expressed as a percentage of the total number of children of official secondary school age.</ref>
| /
|-
|Secondary school net attendance (%) 2000-2007 (M/F)<ref> '''Secondary school net attendance ratio''' – Number of children attending secondary or tertiary school who are of official secondary school age, expressed as a percentage of the total number of children of official secondary school age. </ref>
| /
|}


{|border="collapse" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" align="center" style="border-collapse:collapse;" width="95%"
|+'''[http://stats.uis.unesco.org/unesco/TableViewer/document.aspx?ReportId=121&IF_Language=eng&BR_Country=2300&BR_Region=40540 UNESCO] Education Statistics from 2007'''
|-
!Categories
!width="10%"| Numbers
|-
|Survival rate to grade 5
|
|-
|Primary to secondary transition rate
|
|-
|Pupil/teacher ratio (primary)
|
|-
|Public expenditure on education as % of GDP
|
|-
|Public expenditure on education as % of total government expenditure
|
|-
|Literacy Rates for Male and Female Adults Combined
|
|-
|Enrollment in public and private primary school <ref> The following four categories' information comes from a custom table which can be found at http://stats.uis.unesco.org/unesco/TableViewer/document.aspx?ReportId=136&IF_Language=eng&BR_Topic=0 </ref>
|
|-
|Enrollment in public primary school
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|-
|Female enrollment in public and private primary school
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|-
|Female enrollment in public primary school
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|}
List available data where easy to find; list but leave blank elsewhere.
* Government expenses and budgets
* Census stats relating to children (cf. Wikipedia's country template & World Factbook data)


==Notes==
===Daily Breakdown===
<references />
*30 June, 2010: Selected and uploaded photos for new Afghanistan blog posts, continued to collect research for UNICEF Afghanistan memo.
*1 July, 2010: Created a google reader account, went through and read past blog posts on OLPC's work in Afghanistan, began uploading findings onto wiki account.
* 6 July, 2010: Finalized wiki page, worked with volunteers on IRC, continually formatting and editing http://wiki.laptop.org/go/ClassActs/Resources#OLPC_Deployment_Stories, published one blog post, revising other three.
* 8 July 2010: Sat in on a hackfest with students from RIT (so cool!), continued editing and adding parts to the Afghanistan memo, worked with volunteer Shirish about how to improve certain wiki pages
* 9 July 2010: Discussed feedback, added an "OLPC in Afghanistan" section to wikipage, created a two page memo on OLPC in Afghanistan with recommendations
* 10 July 2010: Finalized Afghanistan memo, sent off for input
* 12 July 2010: Reviewed Afghanistan memo, visit to MIT Media Lab with Adam (awesome!!)
* 13 July 2010: Worked from home due to class at 1pm. Phone & email updates
* 14 July 2010 (Bastille Day!): Finalizing Troubleshooting Guide, including editing for content and adding hyperlinks, added hidden links, uploaded information from Troubleshooting Guide online discussed UNICEF Afghanistan memo, set up an appointment to speak with Mike Dawson regarding OLPC in Afghanistan
* 15 July 2010: Began applying feedback to both Afghanistan memo and wiki page, OLPC Salad day!
* 16 July 2010: Finalized feedback from Afghanistan project, updated Afghanistan memo, brainstormed questiosn for Mike Dawson, talked to Mike Dawson about gender/curricular/non-traditional schools in Afghanistan, met with SJ, Salim, Matt, Roberta, Mike, and Adam about Afghanistan.
* 17 July 2010: Attended first four talks at OLPC meeting at Media Lab; wonderful.
* 19 July 2010: Twitter, moved Afghanistan information to separate page, did extensive research on Afghanistan numbers
* 20 July 2010: Twittered, set up final meeting, finished up Afghanistan research, emailed it off for feedback, put it on Wiki, created OLPC Nepal background page
* 21 July 2010: Twittered, followed up on Matt's question (had issues finding education numbers in budget), contacted a few USAID people and will follow up to get numbers, wrote blogpost on Afghanistan and uploaded as draft to website, wrote and uploaded blogpost on newest low-cost Indonesian laptop.
* 22 July 2010: Not in office today. Spent some time on the phone with people from USAID about Afghanistan, created contacts within the office. Twittered.
* 23 July 2010: Twittered, edited microblog wiki, spent majority of the day disassembling and photgraphing the top and bottom of the XO 1.5HS.
* 26 July 2010: Twittered, read and took notes on Afghanistan grant proposal, began writing up sections of it. Need to meet with SJ to go over what needs to be done here.
* 27 July 2010: Half day (left early to go to class). Twittered, talked with Barbara about grant, began looking at things and putting it together on google doc, twittered, wnet to class, updated application online, replied to emails.
* 28 July 2010: Phone call with Matt, wrote up SF424 onto Google Docs, added information from Barbara's email into Google Doc, created a to do list of remaining few weeks, wrote up two blog posts about Afghanistan and 1.5 HS
* 29-30 July 2010: Created OLPC Nepal Background page
* 2 August 2010: spoke with Mike about teardown photos for blog photos, final touches to OLPC Nepal, Twittered, cleaned up proposed dents on microblog wiki page, researched Matt's request about incorporating an office in Afghanistan and sent findings to SJ, emailed Nepal group about page and asking for feedback, began working on UNESCO education wiki page


[[category:OLPC interns]]
[[category:OLPC interns]]

Latest revision as of 00:56, 25 August 2011

About Me

My name is Gillian Javetski and I am an intern at OLPC's Cambridge office this summer. I am a senior at Tufts University, where I am double majoring in international relations and community health. I took this past semester off to work at the United Nations Development Programme's HIV/AIDS unit in Geneva. At OLPC, I will be conducting research on UN and international partnerships.

Work at OLPC

  • Blog posts (both writing and editing)
    • Afghanistan blog posts, including one, two, three --> Go through and select photos for Afghanistan blog posts
    • Other blog posts, including XO 1.5HS, Indonesian laptop
  • UNICEF/Afghanistan wiki page and research, including foreign aid data
    • Correspond with Mike Dawson, met with Matt and Salim
    • Afghanistan budget research for Matt; spoke with contacts at a variety of think tanks and USAID
    • Research on incorporating an NGO in Afghanistan
    • Work on Afghanistan grant process, do research, create google docs, beginning to add information, met with Barbara for information
    • UNICEF/Afghanistan memo
  • WFP/Nepal wiki page: corresponded with Nepal team
  • Haiti Partners/Haiti wiki page: met with Adam to discuss Haiti
  • Working with/checking in on volunteers on IRC Chat
  • Events: Conference call on education with tinygames (6/17), meeting on Realness Conference (6/17), call with Reverend Franck Boah (6/18), RIT Hackfest (7/8), MIT Media Lab (7/12), meeting with Salim (7/16), OLPC Conference (7/17)
  • Twittering daily
    • Updating microblog wiki page
  • XO 1.5 HS teardown and photos

Timeline/To Do List

  • July 28-31st: wrote blog posts about Afghanistan and 1.5HS, put grant application and SF424 up, continue working on Nepal wiki page.
  • August 2-August 6: Look at Matt's research request about incorporating an office in Afghanistan, email Nepal group for feedback and incorporate feedback, go through OLE newsletters, Haiti wiki page
  • August 9-13: work with Paul on RTC problems, Rwanda wiki page, Ethiopia wiki page, go through all five country profiles, add graphs, add information, and make them more uniform
  • August 16-24: home for vacation
  • August 24-September 4: post tear down instructions, write additional 2 blog posts on 1.5HS, working on and finalizing white papers

Summary of Last Few Days

During my last week at the OLPC office, I hope to finish up on the research components of my internship. I plan on completing the Rwanda and Ethiopia (work on Ethiopia Thursday and Friday) OLPC wiki pages so that they include a comprehensive set of information about the country’s education backgrounds, important education data, OLPC’s work on the ground, and a description of other development groups’ priorities. I will also return to edit Afghanistan, Nepal, and Haiti pages so that they reflect these changes as well. Finally, in non-research work, I have a few loose ends to tie up here at OLPC that I will work on Wednesday. These include posting tear down instructions, write additional 2 blog posts on 1.5HS, working with Paul on RTC problems, and making a wiki page on country’s education statistics (although this may have to wait until later in the week.)

Once I return from vacation on the 24th, I will dedicate the rest of my OLPC work to writing white papers for these five countries. I hope to write the papers based off of my research findings, and share them with SJ and people involved in each country. There are a variety of people I hope to connect with for feedback, including for Ethiopia (Lidet), Rwanda (Julia and Rwanda Country Director Sam Dusengiyumva), Nepal (Rabbi) Afghanistan (Mike Dawson, Salim, and Matt), and Haiti (Adam and whoever else Adam can recommend). It would also be great to receive feedback on my first white paper from a structural perspective by someone who has experience writing them. I will incorporate all feedback I receive and share them with the appropriate parties. At this point I am unsure about whether I will be in New Jersey or Massachusetts, but either way can work from the office or remotely. I will definitely stop by the office at some point before the school year starts.

Working at OLPC this summer has been an incredible opportunity, and after two months I feel like I’m finally getting the swing of how things work around here. I have a much better grasp of the organization’s priorities, both its own and what is looks for in international partners. I feel that my last few weeks here have been the most productive now and I am able to work at a more efficient pace. It has been wonderful getting to know the people here at OLPC, and I look forward to staying in contact with them once my time here is done. I am still excited to meet with Lidet to discuss her work in Ethiopia and explore possibilities for me to support OLPC there once I graduate. I would also love to follow up with Zehra and Shannon to talk about their work on the Middle East project and also about their experiences as new employees at OLPC. Finally, I would love to take SJ and Adam out to lunch to learn about their own stories and how they ended up at this organization. (Thanks for everything --Sj talk!)

Educational Initiatives

Summary of Educational Development Initiatives
Name of Organization Investment in Country People/Major Projects
UNICEF
WFP
WHO
UNESCO
UNDP
IFRC
World Vision:
Save the Children
USAID
SOS Children's Villages
World Bank


UNICEF's State of the World's Children Report 2009 Statistics
Categories Numbers
Total adult literacy rate (%), 2000-2007
Primary school net enrollment/ attendance (%), 2000-2007
Youth literacy, 2000–2007 (M / F)<ref> Youth literacy rate – Number of literate persons aged 15–24, expressed as a percentage of the total population in that age group.</ref> /
Percentage of phone/internet users 2006 /
Primary school gross enrollment (%) 2000-2007 (M / F)<ref> Primary school gross enrollment ratio – Number of children enrolled in primary school, regardless of age,expressed as a percentage of the total number of children of official primary school age. </ref> /
Primary school net enrollment (%) 2000-2007 (M / F)<ref> Primary school net enrollment ratio – Number of children enrolled in primary school who are of official primary school age, expressed as a percentage of the total number of children of official primary school age. </ref> /
Primary school net attendance (%) 2000-2007 (M / F) <ref> Primary school net attendance ratio – Number of children attending primary or secondary school who are of official primary school age, expressed as a percentage of the total number of children of official primary school age. </ref> /
Survival rate to last primary grade (%) 2000–2007 (administrative / survey data) <ref> Survival rate to the last grade of primary school – Percentage of children entering the first grade of primary school who eventually reach the last grade of primary school. </ref> /
Secondary school gross enrollment (%) 2000-2007 (M/F)<ref> Secondary school gross enrollment ratio – Number of children enrolled in secondary school, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the total number of children of official secondary school age. </ref> /
Secondary school net enrollment (%) 2000-2007 (M/F)<ref> Secondary school net enrollment ratio – Number of children enrolled in secondary school who are of official secondary school age, expressed as a percentage of the total number of children of official secondary school age.</ref> /
Secondary school net attendance (%) 2000-2007 (M/F)<ref> Secondary school net attendance ratio – Number of children attending secondary or tertiary school who are of official secondary school age, expressed as a percentage of the total number of children of official secondary school age. </ref> /


UNESCO Education Statistics from 2007
Categories Numbers
Survival rate to grade 5
Primary to secondary transition rate
Pupil/teacher ratio (primary)
Public expenditure on education as % of GDP
Public expenditure on education as % of total government expenditure
Literacy Rates for Male and Female Adults Combined
Enrollment in public and private primary school <ref> The following four categories' information comes from a custom table which can be found at http://stats.uis.unesco.org/unesco/TableViewer/document.aspx?ReportId=136&IF_Language=eng&BR_Topic=0 </ref>
Enrollment in public primary school
Female enrollment in public and private primary school
Female enrollment in public primary school

List available data where easy to find; list but leave blank elsewhere.

  • Government expenses and budgets
  • Census stats relating to children (cf. Wikipedia's country template & World Factbook data)

Notes

<references />

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