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Project Making miles for Millennium
Project MAKING MILES for MILLENNIUM 2008

We, Harrie Vollaard (35) and Gertie Clabbers (32), are going on a 6-months trip starting May 3rd, 2008. We traveled before, but this trip has to be something special. Not only the countries we want to visit, the transport in our Volkswagen minivan, but also the way we want to do it. We want to contribute something to the countries we visit.
In the year 2000 many world leaders made promises and signed an international agreement: the 8 millennium goals. One of them is; In the year 2015 there will be education for every child.
The organization ONE (http://www.one.org) or the Dutch organization EEN (http://www.een.nl)is a grass root organization for and by civilians, which helps realizing personal initiatives and ideas which relate to the Millennium Development Goals.

We are particularly interested in modern tools and prior conditions which are necessary for good education. Therefore the initiative One Laptop Per Child (OLPC),which focuses on how modern tools can be integrated in a school system in a cheap but sustainable way,is an excellent project to make this millenniumgoal more realistic.

We will visit 3 OLPC projects on the way. In Mongolia (Ulaanbataar), Nepal (Kathmandu) and India (Khairat).In Pskov (Russia) we will try to initiate an OLPC project.
We will contribute on several levels:
1. Public Relations. We create publicity for OLPC.
2. Operational: We actually help at project level.
3. Tactical: We deliver consultancy at the projects on how to use/improve modern tools in a school system.

If you are interested in our trip and our contribution to the Millenniumgoals and OLPC you can visit our websites.

If you want to become a friend and read travelstories, please visit:
http://hoemoetdatnou.hyves.nl

If you want information, please visit:
www.metersmakenvoormillennium.nl


== Communication ==
== Communication ==

Revision as of 20:17, 20 January 2008

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About OLPC The Netherlands

OLPC The Netherlands (OLPC-NL for short) is a grassroots group interested in contributing to the OLPC project. We are just starting up and are looking for more like minded people.

People

If you are interested in being part of OLPC-NL too, please add yourself to the list of people.

Contact

Please contact us at contact@olpc-nl.org for further information.

News

  • Jan 25th 2008 Hands-on Workshop sugerjhbuilding . Read more
  • Our Last OLPC NL meeting toke place on Saturday, January 19th 2008, starting at 2 pm, at the Mensenvereniging Wolbodo (Sociëteit NOVUM), Verwersdijk 102, 2611 NK Delft (directions; 10 minutes walk from Delft trainstation; parking: Paardenmarkt, along Phoenixstraat or in the parking garages Phoenixstraat or Zuidpoort). If you like to do a presentation on what you've been working on or introduce ideas, please add your topic to the meeting agenda. We will have a beamer and wireless network available. Foremost we want to have a 'gezellige knutselmiddag' in groups - again for newbies as well as for people that are already involved with OLPC. A number of XOs will be available for playing around. We hope to be a again a well mixed group of people with different backgrounds (technical, pedagogical, etc.). Bine 03:56, 10 January 2008 (EST)

Media

  • NRC next, 10 January 2008 - coverstory on OLPC, pro's and con's of the initiative and technical details on the XO. Bine 04:04, 10 January 2008 (EST)
  • Video/article on Webwereld on the first OLPC-NL meeting in Amsterdam. Ent 13:32, 17 December 2007 (EST)
  • Interview/feature on OLPC on TROS Radio 1 online, today, between 8-9 pm! Turn your radio on. Bine 10:31, 11 December 2007 (EST)

In case you missed it, the audio recording is available on the programs website here: Derdewereldlaptop naar Nederland. Bastiaan 17:06, 11 December 2007 (EST)

Organisation

We are grassroots[1], thus no big organization. We are currently a group of people, interested in the OLPC project, trying to find likeminded people with diverse expertises (software development, pedagogics, international relations, etc.) and backgrounds, to interconnect and accomplish projects together. Everybody who wants to contribute with his or her input of ideas and workpower, is welcome. We neither operate memberschips nor a budget as an organization.

OLPC-NL To Do List - These are tasks we'd like to accomplish, in order to get OLPC NL started up and keep it running. Please have a look and see if you can help with any of the to-do's or add any to-do's that you think are important.

Projects

This is the place to present projects, find interested people, exchange thoughts and keep track of the progress of projects.

OLPC-NL Projects

Project MAKING MILES for MILLENNIUM 2008

We, Harrie Vollaard (35) and Gertie Clabbers (32), are going on a 6-months trip starting May 3rd, 2008. We traveled before, but this trip has to be something special. Not only the countries we want to visit, the transport in our Volkswagen minivan, but also the way we want to do it. We want to contribute something to the countries we visit.

In the year 2000 many world leaders made promises and signed an international agreement: the 8 millennium goals. One of them is; In the year 2015 there will be education for every child. The organization ONE (http://www.one.org) or the Dutch organization EEN (http://www.een.nl)is a grass root organization for and by civilians, which helps realizing personal initiatives and ideas which relate to the Millennium Development Goals.

We are particularly interested in modern tools and prior conditions which are necessary for good education. Therefore the initiative One Laptop Per Child (OLPC),which focuses on how modern tools can be integrated in a school system in a cheap but sustainable way,is an excellent project to make this millenniumgoal more realistic.

We will visit 3 OLPC projects on the way. In Mongolia (Ulaanbataar), Nepal (Kathmandu) and India (Khairat).In Pskov (Russia) we will try to initiate an OLPC project. We will contribute on several levels:

1. Public Relations. We create publicity for OLPC. 2. Operational: We actually help at project level. 3. Tactical: We deliver consultancy at the projects on how to use/improve modern tools in a school system.

If you are interested in our trip and our contribution to the Millenniumgoals and OLPC you can visit our websites.

If you want to become a friend and read travelstories, please visit: http://hoemoetdatnou.hyves.nl

If you want information, please visit: www.metersmakenvoormillennium.nl

Communication

We aim to have all information available on this Wiki - please keep it up to date and use it as a platform to work with each other.
When writing something on the Wiki, please finish off with 4 times '~', which will leave a user/time-stamp.
In case you open a new project, add another important section or update to the page, please send out a quick messge via the OLPC-NL mailinglist and include a link to the updated Wikipage. Thanks.

Mailing List

IRC

Channel #olpc-nl on FreeNode. Usually you'll find a couple of us online there. Scheduled IRC meetings for interest-groups will be announced in the projects-section, as soon as these pages are set up properly ;-)

Meetings

We aim to have monthly meetings - they usually take place on the third Saturday of the month, between 2 and 6 pm.
Please have a look at OLPC-NL meetings to see when and where the next one is taking place and subscribe to our mailinglist to receive the invitations on time. Active participation in setting up the agenda and spreading the word about our gatherings is highly appreciated. Also, if you know about locations free of charge, where we can spend a Saturday afternoon, please let us know (needs: gratis, a white wall for using a beamer, wireless internet, space for about 30 people, easy to reach with public transport; preferably, but not necessarily: horeca and a somewhat child-friendly setting). Bine 05:11, 20 January 2008 (EST)

(Frequently) Asked Questions

Q: What is the OLPC? Is it real?
A: Anwsered by Nicholas Negroponte where he lays out the details of his nonprofit One Laptop Per Child project (bron TED.com, 18 minutes video). [2]

Q: How many kids are in primary school?
A: 1.549.460 in the year 2005/2006 (bron CBS.nl [3]).

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