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== The 2009 application period is closed. ==
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Welcome to '''OLPCorps Africa''', a new student-based, grassroots OLPC initiative.<br>
Welcome to '''OLPCorps''', a new student-based, grassroots OLPC initiative.<br>
Email us for any questions about the program: '''OLPCorps@laptop.org'''<br>
Email us for any questions about the program: '''OLPCorps@laptop.org'''<br>
Can't find what you're looking for below? Try [[OLPCorps FAQ|our Frequently Asked Questions page]].
Can't find what you're looking for below? Try [[OLPCorps FAQ|our Frequently Asked Questions page]].
:Notice there's room for discussing things in the [[Talk:OLPCorps_Africa | Talk Page]]
:Notice there's room for discussing things in the [[Talk:OLPCorps_Africa | Talk Page]]
: We've posted a [[OLPCorps Africa notice|notice asking for comments]]. Please help translate it and pass it on. If you want to get involved in a support role, please see our [[OLPCorps Support Committee| Support Committee]] page.
:We've posted a [[OLPCorps Africa notice|notice asking for comments]]. Please help translate it and pass it on. If you want to get involved in a support role, please see our [[OLPCorps Support Committee| Support Committee]] page.


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== About OLPCorps Africa ==
== About OLPCorps==
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* Undergraduate or graduate students from all fields of study and nationalities are eligible to apply. Students entering university in fall '09 or graduating in spring '09 are also eligible to participate.
* Undergraduate or graduate students from all fields of study and nationalities are eligible to apply. Students entering university in fall '10 or graduating in spring '10 are also eligible to participate.
* English fluency is required.
* English fluency is required.
* Minimum number of people in a team is 2.
* Minimum number of people in a team is 2.
* At least 2 team members must be present in Kigali, Rwanda June 8th-17th for training with the OLPC Learning Team. Teams will then depart for their specific destination.
* At least 2 team members must be present in Kigali, Rwanda in June (dates TBA) for a 10 day training workshop with the OLPC Learning Team. Teams will then depart for their specific destination.
* Deployments must occur within one of the African countries. Preference will be given to deployments in rural areas.
* Deployments must occur within one of the African countries. Preference will be given to deployments in rural areas.
* Minimum of 9-10 weeks commitment (the duration of your summer break).
* Minimum of 9-10 weeks commitment (the duration of your summer break).
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Thinking about starting your proposal? Not sure where to start? This section should answer some of your questions. Don't be afraid to ask questions & collaborate - we're better as a team. Keep in mind, up to 100 teams are receiving 100 XOs each.
Thinking about starting your proposal? Not sure where to start? This section should answer some of your questions. Don't be afraid to ask questions & collaborate - we're better as a team. Keep in mind, up to 100 teams are receiving 100 XOs each.


In the end, all teams will be working together for 10 days in Kigali before deploying. Our goal is to form a network of African deployments which support learning for years to come. Before your team applies, consider the following suggestions we've outlined below.
In the end, all teams will be working together for 10 days in Kigali before deploying. Our goal is to form a network of African deployments which support learning for years to come. Although the application for 2010 is not yet open, consider the following suggestions we've outlined below before writing your proposal.


'''Proposal deadline is ''by March 27th'''''. Send yours to <OLPCorps@laptop.org> with the following title: "'''OLPCorps_''YourUniversity''_''CountryinAfrica''_''LastName'''''". Proposals '''will not be considered''' if they exceed the 750 word limit (hyperlinks are ok), are submitted in a language other than English, do not mention technical and NGO support, or do not focus on children & learning.
<!--'''Proposal deadline is ''by March 27th'''''. Send yours to <OLPCorps@laptop.org> with the following title: "'''OLPCorps_''YourUniversity''_''CountryinAfrica''_''LastName'''''". Proposals '''will not be considered''' if they exceed the 750 word limit (hyperlinks are ok), are submitted in a language other than English, do not mention technical and NGO support, or do not focus on children & learning.


Accepted Proposals will be announced April 10th.
Accepted Proposals will be announced April 10th.


::where? <span style="background:#FFFFFF; padding:1px; margin-left:20px; font-size:75%;">[[Image:red.png]][[User:Yamaplos|<span style="color:#000091;cursor:" title="Executive Director, OLE Bolivia"> Yamaplos </span>]]</span><font size="small"> 15:54, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
Below are a few helpful guidelines from the OLPCorps Team which must be covered in designing your proposal.

Below are a few helpful guidelines from the OLPCorps Team which must be covered in designing your proposal.-->


Proposal formatting:
Proposal formatting:
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** Include a '''letter of support''' from the local partner (this doesn't count towards your 750 word limit). Make sure you show that together you're capable of handling the receipt of a 230 kg package of laptops and equipment. Where will you store the equipment during the deployment?
** Include a '''letter of support''' from the local partner (this doesn't count towards your 750 word limit). Make sure you show that together you're capable of handling the receipt of a 230 kg package of laptops and equipment. Where will you store the equipment during the deployment?
* '''How will this impact 6-12 yr old children?''' All proposals must be about kids 6-12 years old and their learning. A proposal gets stronger as soon as the group can show that children are the agents of change, not just the objects of teaching.
* '''How will this impact 6-12 yr old children?''' All proposals must be about kids 6-12 years old and their learning. A proposal gets stronger as soon as the group can show that children are the agents of change, not just the objects of teaching.
**Incorporate the [[Media:Learning_Manual_V2.pdf|OLPCorps Learning Guide]] into your project proposal.
** ''Stick to OLPC's Core Principles'': child ownership, low ages, saturation, connection, and free and open source.
** ''Stick to OLPC's Core Principles'': child ownership, low ages, saturation, connection, and free and open source.
* '''Describe your project's financial needs.''' As an attachment (that doesn't count towards the 750 word limit), provide a brief budget for the project. Include travel costs (to Kigali and your deployment community), housing for 9 weeks (can your local partner help here?), and other project-related expenses. Remember that OLPC will only grant up to $10,000 and that you do not need to include XOs, accessories, or Kigali accomodations in your budget. If you have a creative project-based idea that needs funding, let us know.
* '''Describe your project's financial needs.''' As an attachment (that doesn't count towards the 750 word limit), provide a brief budget for the project. Include travel costs (to Kigali and your deployment community), housing for 9 weeks (can your local partner help here?), and other project-related expenses. Remember that OLPC will only grant up to $10,000 and that you do not need to include XOs, accessories, or Kigali accommodations in your budget. If you have a creative project-based idea that needs funding, let us know.
**'''Be realistic''' with your budget. It will determine how much money you'll receive.
**'''Be realistic''' with your budget. It will determine how much money you'll receive.
**'''But also be economical''' where possible. If we think a team's budget is wasteful or unrealistic, we will consider that in evaluating the proposal.
**'''But also be economical''' where possible. If we think a team's budget is wasteful or unrealistic, we will consider that in evaluating the proposal.
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== OLPCorps Africa Applicants ==
== OLPCorps Applicants ==
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<p>The OLPCorps application for 2010 is not yet open.</p>
<p>Below will be a regularly updated list of teams across the globe applying to OLPCorps Africa. Missing a key component to your proposal's design? Need a technical lead? Need a pedagogical lead? Working in an off-grid environment? Here's your chance to partner up with like-minded students to change the world. Power in numbers, right?</p><br>


== Teams ==
'''Below is a regularly updated list of teams across the globe applying to OLPCorps Africa. Missing a key component to your proposal's design? Need a technical lead? Need a pedagogical lead? Working in an off-grid environment? Here's your chance to partner up with like-minded students to change the world. Power in numbers, right?'''
=== Lesotho 2010 ===
See our proposal at [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPCorps_Muskingum_College_Lesotho/ OLPCorps Muskingum College Lesotho 2010].
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== NGOS==
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=== Margaret Musa, Absmat&Ayoakins Foundation For Youth Pogramme, Nigeria ===
We started a project in Nigeria for
less priviledged children in Makoko rural area of Lagos, Nigeria. The project we
started now has 100 pupils and being a new project no one is funding us by now. We are
using self sporsor. Although, the Local Govt in that area gave us a premises
to conduct our day to day activities. the project is now operating in the premisess.


The illiteracy rate in this area of Lagos, Nigeria is alarmingly high
=== [[OLPCorps_CMU_RIT_AN_Nigeria | St. Paul's Primary School, Nigeria - Carnegie Mellon, RIT, Africa Nazarene]] ===
We are promoting basic education and we teach the children between 6-18 years: English, computer, Maths, vocational training e.g. adire/beads making, sewing/fashion desiging, hat making and see to their well being from primary one. The name of our organisation is known as Absmat& Ayoakins Foundation For Youth Pogramme.


We need to maintain and renovate our classrooms and without your cooperation it will be difficult
We will deploy at St. Paul's Primary School in Nigeria, which has 420 students. Many of the students are orphans or from poor families. The proprietor of the school is related to one of our group members. We will work closely with the proprietor and teachers to integrate the XO laptop into the daily lessons in Math, Social Studies, English, and Science. In addition, we will start a program to teach the children blogging and video blogging. The program will 1) raise awareness of African issues around the world and 2) teach the children to write and communicate effectively. We will create the blogs / video blogs with a content management system such as Drupal and host them on a dedicated virtual server such as Amazon EC2. We will cross post the content to established sites such as YouTube. [[OLPCorps_CMU_RIT_AN_Nigeria | Proposal]].
for the less priviledged children to be given a good basic education. We also want to provide them with computer literacy at the early age.
The computers will be a motivation for learning to the best 80 pupils.


Girls will be given priority so as to promote girls eduction which remains a problems
Group Members:
in this country due to early and forced marriage and other cultural practices. We will be grateful to affiliate and partner with your organisation in this (domain or area).
* Okon Sunday David is a Theology student at Africa Nazarene University. He has worked at St. Paul's before and is related to the proprietor. St. Paul's is located in his home village.
* Becca Nelson is a student at RIT and has extensive experience working with non-profits in Africa. She has specifically worked at computer training centers in Kenya.
* Bryant Lee holds an M.S. in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University. He has created and maintained previous Web 2.0 sites and has managed computer servers. He has published numerous scientific papers. http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~bryantl


We would like to talk to a team of students interested in putting together, a proposal in order to work with us. Thanks. New e-mail contact: absmatuniquefoundation@yahoo.co.uk our new address is Makoko vocational Training, Near Asejere Market, Makoko, yaba-Lagos. Nigeria.


The Project name: Absmat&Ayoakins Foundation For Youth Programm
We need funding, for renovation and maintance cost, computer-laptops, for less priviledge Children.


We are based in Makoko, in rural area Lagos. Nigeria
===MACALESTER COLLEGE===
Our email: is info@absmat-foundation.org
I am looking for someone/people to partner with. I plan to work with a local school in a semi-rural town in Northern Zimbabwe. It's a school I went to, so I know the people and community. I am also liaising with them for logistical purposes. I am looking for someone with XO-specific technical know-how, keen to explore that part of the world and passionative about the cause. Interested? E-mail me: dmaponde [@] macalester.edu
another email: address absmatuniquefoundation@yahoo.co.uk
Website:www.absmat-foundation.org
Reg CAT No 25974
Postal Address:
Makoko Vocational Centre, beside Asejere Market,
Makoko, Yaba-Lagos
Nigeria. West Africa
P.O.Box 2335, Ikeja.




Contact Person
Mrs.Margaret Falodi-Musa
Phone; 009447951999858/002348035775756
email: absmatuniquefoundation@yahoo.co.uk
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== NGOs ==
=== Indiana University (IU) ===
==== Christian Missionary Fellowship International, Guinea-Bissau ====
We are of the CHRISTIAN MISSIONARY FELLOWSHIP INTERNATIONAL known here as COMUNIDADE MISIONARIA CRISTA INERNACIONAL. We are a faith based organization working in Guinea-Bissau since 2003. We just started a Nursery and primary school in 2007 and we are inour second year. We have been invited to start another primary school in one of the quarters of Bissaucity but we do not have the funds.


The school we started now has 285 pupils of whom 128 are on sponsorship by the Italian organization called REACH_ITALIA. Our major problem is infrastructure. We already have land just 20m from te school. The school as of now is operating in and uncompleted building. The enrollment for next accademic is projected to be high because of the availability of scholarship to the underprivileged children. We will therefore be very grateful to partner and work with you in this domain. The illiteracy rate in this country is alarmingly high. We are also promoting the English Language in this Portuguese country and we teach the children English from primary one. The name of our school as known here is FONTE DA SABEDORA. We urgently need to build classrooms and without your cooperation it will be difficult to give these unprivileged children a good education. We also want to provide them with computer literacy at the early age.The computers wll be a motivaion for learning to the best 100 pupils. The reason being that with pupils being sponsored in our school by REACH-ITALIA, some of these sponsored children refuse to attend school. Giving them computers as prices will motivate them to attend school. Girls will be given priority so as to promote girls educaton which remains a problem in this country due to early and forced marriage and other cultural practices.
*'''Please see our project proposal we are drafting''': [[OLPCorps_IU_South_Africa]]


I am Pastor Kum Frederick Alang and the administrator of COMUNIDADE MISSIONARIA CRISTA INTERNACIONAL.
Under the auspices of One Here...One There, a non-for-profit org. driven to mitigate educational disparities in sub-Saharan Africa, the Indiana University OLPC chapter is comprised of mostly liberal-arts students with an interest in alternative learning environments and international development. With technical support through the Kliptown Youth Project (KYP), the IU OLPC chapter distributed 115 XOs (15 thanks to Larry Weber) to 3 separate rural primary schools in Limpopo, South Africa from Aug-Sept '08, in addition to establishing power and internet. The team continues to support South African OLPC deployments in various ways, including its first XO Camp in Johannesburg, networking and support for future deployments, and the like. IU OLPC is applying to the OLPCorps Africa program with the hope of saturating the already participating schools in South Africa. Contact Joe Peoni (jpeoni@indiana.edu) for any questions relating to our program. IU OHOT is looking for a team member to assist in translation, specifically to/from '''Sepedi'''.


The project name is ESCOLA FONTE DA SABEDORIA, construction of classrooms.
=== Global Minimum (GMin), Harvard, Princeton, Indiana University, etc ===


We are based in Bissau, capital of The Republic of Guinea-Bissau.
GMin- www.gmin.org , is a dynamic international organization based on the principle that we can use minimal resources to reduce some of the world's larger problems to a minimum through well-researched and executed projects. Of course, one can think of it as the "least we can do". We work predominantly in Sierra Leone at the moment- where we have successfully carried out Malaria Eradication projects and recently, distributed about 30 XOs to a small community in Sahn Malen, Sierra Leone. GMin will apply to the OLPCorps Africa program because to us, this is one of the best ways to improve education on a grass root level. For more information, contact info@gmin.org


We are working in Guinea-Bissau.
=== Cornell OLPC (Mauritania) ===
A team led by socially conscious Information Science students from Cornell is planning a trip to deploy laptops in Mauritania. One team member’s brother is currently in the Peace Corps in the town of Tidjikja teaching at a primary school. We have held two meetings so far and are confident about the team that we are putting together. We have both technical expertise and a direct contact currently on the ground in our deployment area, which will remain for another year after the laptops are given out. This will enable a smooth transition for the laptop program and make sure that the program continues to succeed after the summer project is finished. We will continue to edit our proposal as more information becomes available. If anyone wants to collaborate, has questions or is just generally interested feel free to contact us at eal95@cornell.edu. Our website is [http://www.cornellolpc.com www.cornellolpc.com], at the bottom you can find our draft deployment guide/project proposal.


Our website is www.cmciguinebissau.org
=== UMB OLPC ===
OLPC University of Massachusetts Boston: UNCHOSEN AFRICAN COUNTRY


Our e-mail is cmcibissau@yahoo.co.uk
Members: Olesia Plokhii, John Keniley


My phone is +245 6620561
PROPOSAL/MISSION/MANIFESTO: Our goal is to turn children into agents of change by empowering them with new media tools—a computer—to be citizen journalists. Using word tools and multimedia apps, we hope to get FLIP—a small, handheld camera the size of a phone—to sponsor our mission and donate 100 flips to our community so we can incorporate word, audio, and video to create a story of each child’s life that will ultimately be broadcast to other XO laptop-participating countries and the USA, promoting a global network of educated youth. An integral part of the child’s project—uploaded on a sharing site that is blog-enabled—will be to document the effect of AIDS on children and their families, with a focus on creating AIDS awareness within the community. PLEASE ADD SUGGESTIONS HERE. email: olesia_p@hotmail.com, jkeniley@hotmail.com


Our posta box is 161, Bissau
=== Mount Holyoke Tanzania ===


If you are an NGO based in Africa interested in working with a student group to carry out such a project, or if you are working on your own initiatives with educational programs that are, please list yourself and your project here : your name, your project name, where you are based / where you are working, and how to get in touch with you.
I am currently working on a proposal for this targeting Tanzania. Awaiting feedback of an NGO confirmation. Will be putting up regular updates!!


*'''Currently working on a project proposal ''': [[OLPCorps_MtHolyoke_Tanzania]]


====Positive Planet====
=== [[OLPCorps_Jamii_OLPC_Tanzania|Jamii OLPC]] ===
Please see our updated Wiki page: [[http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPCorps_RHIT_IU_CU_Uganda]] for our newest proposal and information. Thank you!
“Jamii” means community in Kiswahili, and is the foundational principle of Jamii OLPC’s OLPCorps Africa proposal:


We are a non-profit organization that based in New York City and in the Rakai and Masaka Districts in Uganda that creates partnerships between the US and Ugandan schools. Our primary goals are to improve the educational infrastructure of the Ugandan schools and to have the US students see that they can make a positive impact on the world. Over the past 6 years we've raised about $90,000, all of which has been used to build classrooms, water tanks, sanitation facilities, desks, repair roofs, and other similar projects that have affected close to 3,000 Ugandan students.
'''Real, sustainable development comes from the people who make cities, towns and villages into communities.'''


We have encouraged our students to communicate through pen pal letters but feel it would be much more powerful and a lot quicker if the communication could be through e-mail. We were planning to seek old computer donations and try to set up a computer lab at one of the schools this summer. We just heard about the OLPC program and are very excited about the possibilities of it really impacting our communities. We have strong roots in the community and believe the work could succeed. We would love to talk to a team of students interested in putting together a quick proposal and working with us. Please see www.positiveplanet.net for more info (check out the on-line films in the Zoom In section). Please contact me directly at mgreene@positiveplanet.net to talk if you are interested.
A partnership between [http://www.matemweschool.com/ Matemwe School] in Zanzibar, Tanzania and numerous international team members, Jamii OLPC is a small but experienced multi-national, multi-university team applying to the One Laptop per Child 2009 OLPCorps Africa program.


Please [[OLPCorps_Jamii_OLPC_Tanzania|visit our OLPC wiki page]] for more information!

<b>SEEKING: A Pedagogical Lead!! </b> Are you a graduate student with a background in early childhood education, who is interested in working with a small, dynamic and experienced team? Check out the position details [[OLPCorps_Jamii_OLPC_Tanzania#Pedagogical_Lead_I|here]], and email <u>'''JamiiOLPC@gmail.com'''</u> to apply

===Stanford University===

We are three Stanford Students interested in working with a primary school in Africa this summer to implement a health education and collaboration program using the XO laptops. As a group we have extensive experience in international health and working with nonprofits. One of our team members is the Managing Director of FACE AIDS, a national student run nonprofit dedicated to mobilizing and inspiring students to fight AIDS in Africa, and our other two members work for the national team. We all have strong academic backgrounds in global health and social justice as well as experience working in under served communities, both domestically and overseas. More information to come on the details of our project!

If you're interested in working with us, please contact us at marlene@faceaids.org


===University of Pennsylvania OLPC ===
Developing Brighter Futures

We are a team of students from the University of Pennsylvania interested in working in a rural region of southwest Cameroon to improve education. We know that a better education for youth leads to a better and stronger community. With the OLPCorps we will have the opportunity to partner with the United Action for Children, a NGO that works with rural English speaking communities between Mamfe and Buea in Cameroon. The main school of the UAC is the Jamadianle School in Buea which serves a growing population of 615 elementary school students. Collaborating with the UAC we have developed a series of projects related to computer literacy and education that will be implemented this summer to enhance their mission and continue their goals of providing a strong education and community center for this rural region.


===Utah State University OLPC ===

The ''XO Go'' core team brings both students and professionals from Utah State University and the UNGANA Foundation together during June 2009 for a collaboration founded on local expertise, holistic creativity, and vocational empowerment. Fundamentally, the XO Go Program empowers an already impressive youth, building global support networks and fostering creativity in a real-world setting. The ''XO Go'' core team will implement and deploy XO Laptops to the orphans of Gisenyi, Rwanda, focusing opportunities for English education, money-management, and community support.

Interested? Check out our ''working'' project proposal: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPCorps_USU_Rwanda [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPCorps_USU_Rwanda]

Please contact ashley@unganafoundation.org for questions, comments, and ofcourse, welcomed collaboration.

=== [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPCorps_KTH_ETHIOPIA Royal Institute of of Technology (KTH), Sweden] ===
'''School:''' Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden<br />
'''Team Name:''' OLPCorps_KTH_ETHIOPIA<br />
'''Team Memembers:''' Kidis Getachew, Bemnet Tesfaye, and Luelseged Asrade<br />
'''Deployment Location:''' Bahir Dar, Ethiopia<br />

'''Proposal'''<br />
We are a team of three international master’s students in KTH, Sweden. We are applying for the OLPCorp Africa project in order to deploy XOs in a small primary school called Yekatit 23 found in the town of Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. Since all the team members are originally from Ethiopia, we will have no obstacle related to language barriers and luck of local knowledge. Our understanding of various problems in education present in developing countries is not a mere theory, rather it is more of a personal experience that we all have undergone through and it’s something that we would like to change. Our local knowledge and experience couples well with our technical background in IT as noted in the [[http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPCorps_KTH_ETHIOPIA about us section]].

So far we had three meetings, and we have answered questions related to identifying deployment location and appropriate local partners and determining how we should localize existing contents and create new services. Currently we are working on other practical issues including budgeting and establishing a formal agreement with our local partners. Specifically, we are working towards convincing the Ethiopian Engineering Capacity Building Program (ECBP), which deployed around 5000 XOs in the year 2007(see [OLPC_Ethiopia]), to be our local partner. So far the main challenge has been getting the initial contacts in ECBP. The next obvious thing to do will be to demonstrate how our small sized deployment could be part of previous deployments. In order to facilitate this, we are receiving appreciable support from our colleagues at Bahir Dar University and from Yekatit 23 primary school.

If you need '''more info''' about the team go to http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPCorps_KTH_ETHIOPIA<br />
To '''contact us''' send an email to merha<at>kth.se. We welcome all questions comments and suggestions with great value.<br />

=== [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPCorps_Bucknell_Nigeria Bucknell OLPC] ===
'''''Learning Through Exploration, Communication, and Innovation.''''' <br /> <br />
'''Participating School:''' Bucknell University <br />
'''Deployment Location:''' Umuariam, Nigeria <br />

The Bucknell OLPC team is committed to bringing 100 XO laptops to a rural primary school in Umuariam, Nigeria. We have an established contact (family based) from the school who will be able to support the project once we leave. <br />

*'''Exploration'''<br />
We are dedicated to the constructionist pedagogical techniques advocated by the OLPC Association. We believe that learning through exploration is one of the most effective educational techniques we could employ.<br />
*'''Communication'''<br />
We do not learn alone. We are social beings. As such, we felt it was important to include a strong communication component into our proposal. We have accomplished this through a proposed collaboration between a US primary school and the deployment school. The students will be provided with blogs and a student partner from the collaborating institution. In this way, the students can share and learn from one another in a highly expressive and personal way. <br />
*'''Innovation'''<br />
The innovation is provided by the OLPC XO laptops, and we fully intend to utilize these machines to their maximum ability.<br /><br />
We welcome all questions or comments. Please direct all correspondence to: kyleolivo@gmail.com<br />
Project Link: [[http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPCorps_Bucknell_Nigeria Bucknell OLPC]]

=== University of Delaware OLPC ===

A rough draft of our proposal is located here: [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPCorps_UD_Tanzania] Please contact Jeff - jjm4114@yahoo.com - if you have any feedback whatsoever. Constructive criticism is welcome and appreciated!

We are a group of three Masters students at the School of Urban Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Delaware [http://suapp.udel.edu/], proposing the deployment of 100 XO laptops to St. Pius Academy English Primary School in Tarakea, Tanzania. One of our team members is an international student from Tanzania with an extensive local network including family and colleagues in Tarakea. A second team member has both visited and developed relationships with community members in Tarakea through initial development of a volunteer tourism program to support local schools. We have confirmed a classroom partnership with an identified school in Durham, North Carolina, to promote cross-cultural learning through virtual sharing of local information, student-led identification of community needs and collaborative problem solving. We are in the process of pricing internet-delivery to Tarakea, soliciting in-kind donations, fundraising, and creating/identifying an existing collaborative fundraising website that aggregates individual charitable donations similar to Kiva.org [http://kiva.org/], GlobalGiving[http://www.globalgiving.com/], DonorsChoose [http://www.donorschoose.org/homepage/main.html?zone=0], and Global Literacy Foundation [http://globalliteracy.net/] to facilitate the provision of funding to meet student-identified community needs and, if needed, to provide partial funding for the project.

=== California State University San Bernardino (CSUSB) OLPC ===

<big>'''Updates:'''</big> [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPCorps_CSUSB_Nigeria <big>'''OLPCorps CSUSB Nigeria'''</big>]

XO KV (Kiddies vision) 6-12 is the proposed project program name for the OLPCorps Africa grassroots initiative in Nigeria that will give kids limitless access to knowledge as well as a new age of development in their educational system and community. The main goal of the program is providing training for children between the ages of six to twelve years old, especially kids from extremely low-income areas. XO KV6-12 program will focus on providing young kids access to digital technologies and information by introducing them to powerful ways to use them through 100 XO laptops. This opportunity will help them to be in a better position to make a future difference in their communities and the world. It is expected that by providing such information to young minds, it will have direct and positive effect on their academic and community development. CSUSB OLPCorps Team is uniquely qualified for the OLPCorps project because of our team’s ties to the proposed deployment country. The OLPCorps CSUSB Nigeria Team is comprised of two Nigeria citizens that are graduate students in the Computer Science and Engineering Department of California State University San Bernardino. Our extensive memberships in IEEE (Founding members of IEEE CSUSB Chapter)-http://groups.google.com/group/csusb-ieee-student-chapter, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)-http://www.acm.org/, GFA (Greetings from America)-http://www.greetingsfromamerica.org/, EAC (Education Advising Center) Abuja US embassy-http://nigeria.usembassy.gov/prog_08092007a.html, Cyber Defense CSUSB Team-http://insecuresystem.org/pages/csusb-network.php, CSE Club-http://cse.csusb.edu/cse.CLUB, and NYSC Charity group-http://www.nysc.gov.ng/ will be of great technical as well as professional value in the OLPCorps Africa.

For more information about our team feel free contact us @ smugs2che@gmail.com or blog @ myspace.com/keleonye
[[Image:XO Symbol OLPCorps.jpg]]
OLPC CSUSB XO KV6-12 Logo

=== Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) OLPCorps Team ===

We are working on getting our proposal together. Our NGO has yet TBD, but
several promising candidates have been found. We will post more details
as they become available.

'''NOTICE:''' We are looking to set up an impromptu meeting with other teams
in the Boston area in the interest of collaboration and discussion. If
you are interested in attending the meeting or wish to provide input to
this meeting, and would like more details, please contact ''oderby ''at
''mit.edu.'' We are still trying to find other teams in the area, so if
you are out there and reading this, please let us know that you exist!


=== [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPCorps_UCBerkeley_Zambia UC Berkeley (Cal) OLPCorps Team -- Zambia] ===

The Cal OLPCorps team has partnered with FORGE to deploy XO laptops in Zambia. Originally, we intended to run the project in the Meheba Refugee Settlement in rural Zambia. However, we soon discovered that the project and investment of power infrastructure would be unsustainable in the long-run with the prospect of repatriation for the current refugees. As a result, we have shifted the focus of our project towards working directly with refugee university students as part of our team to deploy laptops to a primary school in Lusaka, Zambia. Many of the refugee students are pursuing degrees in non-profit management, so this is also a great opportunity for them to gain experience for similar roles in the future and for OLPC to invest in the next generation of local leaders. ''Further details to come as we finalize primary school plans!''<br>

'''Proposal & Additional Information on our wiki:''' [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPCorps_UCBerkeley_Zambia Cal OLPC]<br>
Please e-mail any suggestions or comments to ''' ''CALolpc'' at ''googlegroups.com''. '''
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=== [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPCorps_ Dalarna University & Royal Institute of Technology_Ethiopia] ===
<br />Our team which contents two members([http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPCorps_DKTH_ETHIO_PROFILE Profile of Team Members]) is preparing OLPC project proposal in the southern part of Ethiopia The proposal is on progress and it will be uploaded as soon as possible for comment. if you want to see the contents of the proposal and the primenary draft([http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPCorps_DKTH_ETHIO_PROPOSAL Contents of the Proposal])<br />

=== Michigan State University XO Deployment Initiative ===

We are working on a proposal to deploy XO laptops to Zonkizizwe Primary School, south of Johannesburg in South Africa. The Michigan State University African Studies Center has established relationships within the Zonkizizwe community through an organization called [http://vvocf.wordpress.com/ VVOCF] that provides support to children who have been orphaned by AIDS.

Our pedagogical lead is Alexandra Carter, a junior majoring in Comparative Cultures & Politics. She is working with the MSU College of Education to formulate a curriculum (to be adapted upon arrival, of course) and time-frame for workshops. Per OLPC guidelines, the education plan will be based upon the constructionist model of learning-by-doing, and will place an emphasis on collaboration between teachers at the Primary School and students.

John Simpkins, an International Relations junior, is serving as the project coordinator and the technical lead currently. As coordinator, he will be responsible for ensuring the quality and rigor of the proposal, education plan and technical/logistical setup. He has experience with Linux, standard computer hardware, complex network setup and administration and firewall configuration. He is reaching out to the University of Michigan School of Informatics in order to obtain further advice on set-up.

Alex Hill, an International Relations and African Studies senior and founder of [http://www.scoutbanana.org SCOUT BANANA], a nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing access to basic healthcare in African communities, will be serving as our logistical coordinator. His primary responsibilities include the organization of the shipment (a 234kg pallet) to Zonkizizwe, inventorying equipment, reaching out to stateside organizations for funding, scheduling specific aspects of the deployment and serving as a liaison between stateside support staff and those traveling.

We have a robust support staff in place that includes Nicole Iaquinto, a Social Relations and African-American & African Studies junior who worked in Zonkizizwe for VVOCF last summer, Caitlin Blair, a senior and dual major in International Relations and Economics, and Ryan Hagen, a Journalism senior. They will assist in preparation of the budget, fundraising and public relations activities.

More information will be published as the proposal takes shape.

=== Texas State University - SanMarcos (Morocco) ===
[[http://www.americanschoolfes.com/index.php'''Amicitia American School Fes, Morocco''']]
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Morocco is one of the most culturally dynamic places on the planet, from its rich Muslim tradition arriving centuries ago on camels through the Trans-Saharan trade, the nomadic Berber people roaming its breathtaking countryside, and to the recent French occupation of the 20th century. Moroccans colloquially speak an Arabic dialect known as Darija, as well as French in most business settings, and often English due to tourism being Morocco’s main industry, making it a truly “globalized” nation. Yet, Moroccans struggle mightily to compete on the world stage, as they lack development and deal with extreme poverty, which invites a myriad of social and economic problems, leaving a once proud people disillusioned. This has led to 50% illiteracy in the country, girls from poor families often being sold into servitude to make a wage, and public schools promoting trade work, local economic positioning for students, and zero opportunities for a university education in Europe or the United States.
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Fez, (the fourth largest city in Morocco) will be empowered by the opportunity to interact, learn, and contribute locally, regionally, and most importantly globally by the influx of 100 OLPC laptops. Fez is considered the most conservative city in a 99% Muslim country, with rigid religious, social, and economic expectations. Social constraints have made it very difficult for women to express themselves as most are forced to leave school at 13. Economically, Fez boasts the largest medina in the world, which forces their commerce to run through a dusty street instead of Wall Street. Fez is situated in the middle of the Atlas Mountains, but in spite of its rough geography, Fez operates as the cultural barometer for the rest of the country (much like New York City). Introducing 100 OLPC laptops to a city that has such influence, has the potential to shift the entire country of Morocco out of its uninvolved, disillusioned, and nostalgia-laden cultural mindset, onto a competing global stage where integrated technologies and ideas/concepts meet their full potential for the betterment of humanity.
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Through partnership between Amicitia American School and the 100 OLPC laptops, the city of Fez will tangibly take the first steps towards a new era of self-responsibility, freedom, and future. Amicitia American School serves almost 200 students, grades K-12 (most between ages 6-12), with 85% being local Moroccans. The school only charges 25% of what a normal American school in Morocco would charge, with many of its students being on scholarship. Amicitia partners with the University of Texas – Austin in providing a legitimate American diploma for graduates, which opens the doors for Moroccans to attend universities around the world. With the laptops, Amicitia is going to establish an on-line school newspaper that will connect the students to the world, giving them an outlet for their art/music (Amicitia has creative arts programs), and allowing students to create something that demands their free expression in a culture that often communicates their wants, dreams, and desires for them. Amicitia also has a deep desire to influence the poor schools around the region, hoping to be a liaison for underprivileged schools in the outlying villages surrounding Fez. Aside from the newspaper and the improvements on other schools in the region, the computers will allow students to avoid internet cafes that charge by the minute, give them a never-ending journal for the them to develop thought, and place the world at their fingertips.
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Logistically, the children will be in summer school June-August, providing ample time to enter the classroom for computer training and follow-up. As a Texas certified teacher, with extensive experience working with children of all ages and disabilities, I will design all lessons and set summative evaluations of the children’s progress. I have accepted a teaching position with Amicitia that will place me there for the next two years, allowing me to oversee and improve any projects or initiatives that the students might entertain with their laptops in the foreseeable future. The school itself is under 24-hour guard and will house the 230 kg of new computer technology. The children often speak English, but Amicitia employs many local Moroccans who can easily translate, this along with language classes and the fact that I will be a resident of the country for the next few years should bridge the language gap. Financially, the school will be able to support most initiatives due to the tuition that the students pay, along with other money that the school brings in through its business forum and English language school.

Proposal draft can be found at: [[OLPCorps_TexasStateUniversity-SanMarcos_Morocco]]. Please comment on its talk page.
Otha Graham can be contacted at otha33@gmail.com.

=== Colorado College (Uganda) ===
Proposal draft can be found at: [[OLPCorps_Colorado_College_Uganda_Wrangham]]. Please comment on its talk page.

Elizabeth Ross can be contacted at kasiisiproject@yahoo.com. She writes:

<pre>Is there anyone else out there wanting to work in Uganda? Can we collaborate? Share transport expenses, give advice etc?
We have lots of experience in Uganda.</pre>

=== Teachers College (Namibia) ===

Drafting a proposal for 100 XO's for a primary school in the northeastern part of Namibia, Ngoma Primary School. Focusing on teacher support and attempting to answer a research question "How would a teacher's classroom teacher change if every student had a laptop". Have contacted ministry of education and waiting for letters of invites. Will need to find additional funding as travel is expensive from USA to Kigili and then from Kigili to Namibia.

Perien Boer(Doctoral candidate at Teachers College, and Faculty Member at the University of Namibia) I can be contacted at namcorps@gmail.com

== NGOs ==

If you are an NGO based in Africa interested in working with a student group to carry out such a project, or if you are working on your own initiatives with educational programs that are, please list yourself and your project here : your name, your project name, where you are based / where you are working, and how to get in touch with you.


====The Model International Telecommunications Union Youth Organization====
====The Model International Telecommunications Union Youth Organization====
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We welcome any team that has interest in working with us and will. We will respond fast to any inquiry. Thanks . Email (alek.owino@gmail.com or asudi22@gmail.com. MIKE, 2008 ITU ALUMNUS; KENYA
We welcome any team that has interest in working with us and will. We will respond fast to any inquiry. Thanks . Email (alek.owino@gmail.com or asudi22@gmail.com. MIKE, 2008 ITU ALUMNUS; KENYA



====Trees for Clean Energy Network and Magoso School====
====Trees for Clean Energy Network and Magoso School====
Trees for Clean Energy Network has been working with schools and communities to promote environmental Education. This project of OLPCorps will open up Africa since it will give opportunity to African child to tell their story, learn more about health, environment and development. This will also enable the children exchange ideas and learn from children outside Kenya. Currently almost all children under 12 years have no idea of what is a computer and even their Teachers. I look forward to working with one of Corps in Magoso school and assisting him or her to develop this great idea to children of Magoso school.
Trees for Clean Energy Network has been working with schools and communities to promote environmental Education. This project of OLPCorps will open up Africa since it will give opportunity to African child to tell their story, learn more about health, environment and development. This will also enable the children exchange ideas and learn from children outside Kenya. Currently almost all children under 12 years have no idea of what is a computer and even their Teachers. I look forward to working with one of Corps in Magoso school and assisting him or her to develop this great idea to children of Magoso school.



====Radio Station in Malawi====
====Radio Station in Malawi====
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I am Gloria Masanza and i work as a sub-editor at a privately -owned radio station in Malawi, Central Africa. I have a friend working with the American Peace Corps in the country and she told me about the one laptop per child program. I have become so fascinated with the program since she told me, and we are working to link up with an organisation which is already working on children's rights. So I would like to know how we can get the intern teams visit us and see what we can do for our children. There are a lot of children here in Malawi who cannot even explain what a computer is, and over 90 percent of Malawi's children have never seen a computer, so this may just be a stepping stone, to the future.
I am Gloria Masanza and i work as a sub-editor at a privately -owned radio station in Malawi, Central Africa. I have a friend working with the American Peace Corps in the country and she told me about the one laptop per child program. I have become so fascinated with the program since she told me, and we are working to link up with an organisation which is already working on children's rights. So I would like to know how we can get the intern teams visit us and see what we can do for our children. There are a lot of children here in Malawi who cannot even explain what a computer is, and over 90 percent of Malawi's children have never seen a computer, so this may just be a stepping stone, to the future.
My e-mail is gmasanza@yahoo.com.
My e-mail is gmasanza@yahoo.com.



====Children Rights International - Ghana [[Image:childLaborGhana.jpg|right!Fight child labour!]]====
====Children Rights International - Ghana [[Image:childLaborGhana.jpg|right!Fight child labour!]]====
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www.unganafoundation.org
www.unganafoundation.org



====Madagascar School Project====
====Madagascar School Project====
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Visit our website: [http://www.BlessingTheChildren.org Blessing the Children] (www.BlessingTheChildren.org)
Visit our website: [http://www.BlessingTheChildren.org Blessing the Children] (www.BlessingTheChildren.org)
Or email us at info@BlessingTheChildren.org
Or email us at info@BlessingTheChildren.org



====The Township Baseball Academy-Philippi Township, Cape Town, South Africa====
====The Township Baseball Academy-Philippi Township, Cape Town, South Africa====


We are a registered South African Non-Profit Organization employing a unique intervention model for at-risk township youth, combining the physical and social benefits of team sport with principles of achievement, positive communication, and discipline, borne through experiential education on the playfield, and transferred into the classroom. We work with a group of approximately 200 children, most aged 6-13, have access to an indoor activity center, and conduct year-round programming 3-4 days/week in baseball and academic enrichment. We would be delighted to hear from groups interested in working with our committed group of children in Cape Town. We currently utilize 8-10 American exchange student-volunteers through the University of Cape Town so we have familiarity with facilitating volunteer programming. Please view our website: [http://www.townshipbaseball.org] and contact Executive Director, Ian Edelstein, e-mail: ian@townshipbaseball.org, for more information.
We are a registered South African Non-Profit Organization employing a unique intervention model for at-risk township youth, combining the physical and social benefits of team sport with principles of achievement, positive communication, and discipline, borne through experiential education on the playfield, and transferred into the classroom. We work with a group of approximately 200 children, most aged 6-13, have access to an indoor activity center, and conduct year-round programming 3-4 days/week in baseball and academic enrichment. We would be delighted to hear from groups interested in working with our committed group of children in Cape Town. We currently utilize 8-10 American exchange student-volunteers through the University of Cape Town so we have familiarity with facilitating volunteer programming. Please view our website: [http://www.townshipbaseball.org] and contact Executive Director, Ian Edelstein, e-mail: ian@townshipbaseball.org, for more information.



====Girls' Mentoring Centers in Mauritania====
====Girls' Mentoring Centers in Mauritania====
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Peace Corps Mauritania supports 22 Girls' Mentoring Centers across the country specifically designed to help underprivilged girls who have a strong interest in academic pursuits. The centers are supported by the local communities and run by Peace Corps Volunteers and locally trained mentors ensuring a better opportunity for longer standing sustainability. For more information, contact Ginger Tissier at gtissier@gmail.com.
Peace Corps Mauritania supports 22 Girls' Mentoring Centers across the country specifically designed to help underprivilged girls who have a strong interest in academic pursuits. The centers are supported by the local communities and run by Peace Corps Volunteers and locally trained mentors ensuring a better opportunity for longer standing sustainability. For more information, contact Ginger Tissier at gtissier@gmail.com.


====Kasumba Nursery and Primary School, Mubende, Uganda====


Kasumba Nursery and Primary School is located in the rural town of Mubende which is 160kms from Kampala City in Uganda. The school has a kindergarten for children 4-6 years and a primary section for children between 6 - 12 years.
====Kasumba Nursery and Primary School, Mubende, Uganda====


Kasumba Nursery and Primary School is located in Mubende Town which is 160kms from Kampala City in Uganda. The school has a kindergarten for children 4-6 years and a primary section for children between 6 - 12 years. The school is the best school in the District. It offers the UNEB academic program, and extra-curriculum activities.
Mubende District is among the poorest performing districts in all academic levels in the country, and requires a lot of uplifting in terms of computers, books and other resources. The school is surrounded by more than 15 other primary schools whose performance is relatively poor. This school and the surrounding schools can benefit very much from the support and training that can be provided by the OLPCorps during that period. The school uses English as medium of instruction to the children. The school has the infrastructure and the teachers who can be trained to further the work of the project within the school and the surrounding schools.


The school uses English as medium of instruction. The school has very good infrastructure and the teachers are among the best in the country.
We shall be excited to have a team of OLPCorps who can come to this school and contribute to its development and the surrounding environment.


For more information contact: kasnursery@yahoo.com
For more information contact: kasnursery@yahoo.com



====eduWeavers.org & eSibonisweni Primary School (South Africa)====
====eduWeavers.org & eSibonisweni Primary School (South Africa)====
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Contact details: actionscientist@gmail.com
Contact details: actionscientist@gmail.com



====Global Family Rescue (Tanzania, Uganda)====
====Global Family Rescue (Tanzania, Uganda)====
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Interested student groups may contact: david.stupay@globalfamilyrescue.org, renataw21@gmail.com
Interested student groups may contact: david.stupay@globalfamilyrescue.org, renataw21@gmail.com


====Bosco-Net (Bamako, Mali)====

Distributes and supports educational computing resources to schools in Bamako, Mali.

Sylvestre Kamissoko
<boscnet@yahoo.fr>
Tél:00223-66-79-44-32
Bamako-Mali


====Build A School (Malawi)====
Build A School builds schools for the children most in need in the developing world, through sustainable building practices and renewable energies, to promote sustainable development education.


Luke Dolby, Chairman (luke@buildaschool.org.uk)
Build A School www.buildaschool.org.uk


==== Mantsase Children's Home (Lesotho) ====
Mantsase Children’s Home is an orphanage started in 1979, in Lesotho. Traditionally, children whose parents have died are taken in by the extended family. With the advent of the AIDS pandemic this has become impossible. In a country of 1.8 million people, there are an estimated 400,000 orphans. Extended families do not have the money and the resources to care for all of the children after their parents have died. Mantsase is an orphanage dedicated to providing a feeling of home and stability to the children who live here. We currently have 55 children. We are hoping to eventually open a computer lab for our children and for the children in the local village, to teach basic computer skills. We would be interested in working with interested partners. Look us up online at [http://www.mantsasechildrenshome.org Mantsase Children's Home] or search for Mantsase Children’s Home on facebook.
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== Schools ==
== Schools ==
===Ecole Internationale Bujumbura (EIB), Bujumbura, Burundi===
Ecole Internationale Bujumbura (EIB) is located in the capital of [[Burundi]] and consists of some 1200 students ranging in age 5-18. The school has consistently been ranked as one of the top performing/highest achieving schools in the nation and acted as a refuge for children during the decade long war. Currently, the school is without a single computer that is accessible to the student body. Computer access in Bujumbura as a whole is very limited and with Burundi’s recent induction into the Africa Union, English and the expanse of technology skills have been in high demand. The school’s goal is to create a high-tech and functioning computer lab, which will be accessible by both the students and the surrounding community to provide the necessary skills and knowledge to compete and succeed in an ever-growing computer based global economy, workforce, and education system. The school is also active and willing to work with the surrounding community, schools, and orphanages to allow for equal and necessary access to computers and personal/intellectual/social growth. I (Tyler, an English teacher at EIB and a recent college graduate) will personally be able to help in the process of organizing, teaching and working with the surrounding community. Accommodations can be arranged. The school and I are open for all suggestions and possibilities in terms of distributing and conducting the education process and sustainability of the venture. If interested and/or for further information please contact me at: tyler.j.hook@gmail.com.

*Note: [[Burundi]] is a French and Kirundi speaking country. Fluency in one or both is beneficial but not necessary. Many of the students, teachers, and members of the surrounding community are competent in English.

===Great Commission Academy, Kamwaura, Kenya===
===Great Commission Academy, Kamwaura, Kenya===
[[Media:Great_Commission_Academy_Profile.pdf|School profile PDF]]
[[Media:Great_Commission_Academy_Profile.pdf|School profile PDF]]
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If you are interested in contacting or partnering with this school, please contact Shikoh Gitau, shikoh.gitau@gmail.com.

=== Janet Primary School, Dundori, Kenya ===
Janet Primary School profile: ([[Media:JANET_PRIMARY_SCHOOL_PROFILE.pdf|.pdf]],
[[Media:JANET_PRIMARY_SCHOOL_PROFILE.doc|.doc]])
Picture of school: [[Media:Janet.jpg|Janet.jpg]]

If you are interested in contacting or partnering with this school, please contact Shikoh Gitau, shikoh.gitau@gmail.com.


=== Centre Africa Obota, Bamako, Mali ===
=== Centre Africa Obota, Bamako, Mali ===
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Mali is a French-speaking country, so fluency in French is a plus. Berthe speaks English.
Mali is a French-speaking country, so fluency in French is a plus. Berthe speaks English.

=== Sigomere Primary School, Ugenya, Kenya ===

Sigomere Primary School is located in rural Ugenya near the Kisumu-Busia Highway. Ugenya Town is about 50 kilometres from Kisumu City, Kenya's third largest city, which is located on the shores of Lake Victoria.

If you are interested in contacting or partnering with this school, please contact Prisca Odera, muhwayaodera@yahoo.com
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== Other Ways to Participate ==
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The 2009 application period is closed.

Welcome to OLPCorps, a new student-based, grassroots OLPC initiative.
Email us for any questions about the program: OLPCorps@laptop.org
Can't find what you're looking for below? Try our Frequently Asked Questions page.

Notice there's room for discussing things in the Talk Page
We've posted a notice asking for comments. Please help translate it and pass it on. If you want to get involved in a support role, please see our Support Committee page.

About OLPCorps

100 XOs, Hardware, $10K stipend, 10-day training in Kigali, Rwanda, and an entire summer in an African country of your choice. Sound too good to be true? Well, it's not. OLPC has a revolutionary vision: an XO for every child. Crazy, right? Not crazy enough, since it's becoming a reality. Country after country, children with XOs are learning more, finding new avenues of expression, and connecting to a global network of like-minded children. But we can't achieve this dream alone, which is why we need your help in turning this idea into a global movement. Through OLPCorps Africa, we'll provide the tools and resources to get you started if you can provide the time, energy, and dedication to change the world. This is a student movement, a learning movement, an education movement...The OLPC Movement.


Eligibility & Requirements

  • Undergraduate or graduate students from all fields of study and nationalities are eligible to apply. Students entering university in fall '10 or graduating in spring '10 are also eligible to participate.
  • English fluency is required.
  • Minimum number of people in a team is 2.
  • At least 2 team members must be present in Kigali, Rwanda in June (dates TBA) for a 10 day training workshop with the OLPC Learning Team. Teams will then depart for their specific destination.
  • Deployments must occur within one of the African countries. Preference will be given to deployments in rural areas.
  • Minimum of 9-10 weeks commitment (the duration of your summer break).
  • Each team member must have their immunizations.
  • Each team member must hold a valid passport.
  • Each team member is responsible for acquiring a visa, if needed.
  • 1 member of each team will participate in a workshop at MIT/OLPC in Cambridge this October 10-12 (all expenses covered by OLPC).


How to Write a Project Proposal

Thinking about starting your proposal? Not sure where to start? This section should answer some of your questions. Don't be afraid to ask questions & collaborate - we're better as a team. Keep in mind, up to 100 teams are receiving 100 XOs each.

In the end, all teams will be working together for 10 days in Kigali before deploying. Our goal is to form a network of African deployments which support learning for years to come. Although the application for 2010 is not yet open, consider the following suggestions we've outlined below before writing your proposal.


Proposal formatting:

  • Proposals must be in English.
  • Length of Proposal must not exceed 750 words.
  • Hyper-linked text is allowed throughout the proposal.

Proposal contents:

  • Answer the basics: who, what, when, where. Most importantly, KEEP IT CONCISE AND DIRECTLY TO THE POINT.
  • How will you work with children? Are the children in school from June-August? Are they on break? Address how you will deal with children and learning with their schedule.
  • Who is the local partner? How will you follow-up? Partner with groups capable of maintaining the deployment after you leave. Is there an academic institution, NGO, community organization, etc. willing to oversee the project after August? Do you have family ties in the community? What's going to happen when you leave?
    • Include a letter of support from the local partner (this doesn't count towards your 750 word limit). Make sure you show that together you're capable of handling the receipt of a 230 kg package of laptops and equipment. Where will you store the equipment during the deployment?
  • How will this impact 6-12 yr old children? All proposals must be about kids 6-12 years old and their learning. A proposal gets stronger as soon as the group can show that children are the agents of change, not just the objects of teaching.
    • Incorporate the OLPCorps Learning Guide into your project proposal.
    • Stick to OLPC's Core Principles: child ownership, low ages, saturation, connection, and free and open source.
  • Describe your project's financial needs. As an attachment (that doesn't count towards the 750 word limit), provide a brief budget for the project. Include travel costs (to Kigali and your deployment community), housing for 9 weeks (can your local partner help here?), and other project-related expenses. Remember that OLPC will only grant up to $10,000 and that you do not need to include XOs, accessories, or Kigali accommodations in your budget. If you have a creative project-based idea that needs funding, let us know.
    • Be realistic with your budget. It will determine how much money you'll receive.
    • But also be economical where possible. If we think a team's budget is wasteful or unrealistic, we will consider that in evaluating the proposal.
  • How will you provide financial support after you leave? OLPC is dedicating significant time and resources to create learning environments throughout Africa! How can you show that your team can provide financial support after you leave?
    • Research your university's grant programs, student associations, alumni networks, and other avenues of funding to sustain your deployment.
  • Communication - do you share the language of the school or community where you will be working? If not, how will this be overcome?


Note: Upon acceptance, you will be asked to provide proof as a student. This will be verified by the dean of your department, for instance.


Publishing Project Proposals

As you develop your team's project proposal, you should post it to the wiki. This is the only way the OLPCorps team and the OLPC community can provide feedback for your proposal before the submission deadline. Please note: you still must e-mail your proposal as described above by March 27th. Below are the steps to publish your Project Proposal wiki page:

  • Step 1: Create your own project proposal wiki page
  • Step 2: Enter your information in the newly created wiki page. Click on the "Edit" tab of different wiki pages (especially OLPCorps examples and this page) to see how to write and format the wiki.
  • Step 3: Connect your Project Proposal to the main OLPCorps wiki page (this page). In your short summary below, type the following to link your Project Proposal to this site: OLPCorps_UniversityName_Deployment Country, which should be the same format as your Project Proposal URL.

If you are not comfortable using the wiki for publishing a draft of your proposal for feedback, drafts may be emailed to olpcorpsdrafts@gmail.com, and we will post it to the wiki for you. Note that this is not the address to send your final proposal submission.

OLPCorps Applicants

The OLPCorps application for 2010 is not yet open.

Below will be a regularly updated list of teams across the globe applying to OLPCorps Africa. Missing a key component to your proposal's design? Need a technical lead? Need a pedagogical lead? Working in an off-grid environment? Here's your chance to partner up with like-minded students to change the world. Power in numbers, right?


Teams

Lesotho 2010

See our proposal at OLPCorps Muskingum College Lesotho 2010.

NGOS

Margaret Musa, Absmat&Ayoakins Foundation For Youth Pogramme, Nigeria

We started a project in Nigeria for less priviledged children in Makoko rural area of Lagos, Nigeria. The project we started now has 100 pupils and being a new project no one is funding us by now. We are using self sporsor. Although, the Local Govt in that area gave us a premises to conduct our day to day activities. the project is now operating in the premisess.

The illiteracy rate in this area of Lagos, Nigeria is alarmingly high We are promoting basic education and we teach the children between 6-18 years: English, computer, Maths, vocational training e.g. adire/beads making, sewing/fashion desiging, hat making and see to their well being from primary one. The name of our organisation is known as Absmat& Ayoakins Foundation For Youth Pogramme.

We need to maintain and renovate our classrooms and without your cooperation it will be difficult for the less priviledged children to be given a good basic education. We also want to provide them with computer literacy at the early age. The computers will be a motivation for learning to the best 80 pupils.

Girls will be given priority so as to promote girls eduction which remains a problems in this country due to early and forced marriage and other cultural practices. We will be grateful to affiliate and partner with your organisation in this (domain or area).

We would like to talk to a team of students interested in putting together, a proposal in order to work with us. Thanks. New e-mail contact: absmatuniquefoundation@yahoo.co.uk our new address is Makoko vocational Training, Near Asejere Market, Makoko, yaba-Lagos. Nigeria.

The Project name: Absmat&Ayoakins Foundation For Youth Programm We need funding, for renovation and maintance cost, computer-laptops, for less priviledge Children.

We are based in Makoko, in rural area Lagos. Nigeria Our email: is info@absmat-foundation.org another email: address absmatuniquefoundation@yahoo.co.uk Website:www.absmat-foundation.org Reg CAT No 25974 Postal Address: Makoko Vocational Centre, beside Asejere Market, Makoko, Yaba-Lagos Nigeria. West Africa P.O.Box 2335, Ikeja.


Contact Person Mrs.Margaret Falodi-Musa Phone; 009447951999858/002348035775756 email: absmatuniquefoundation@yahoo.co.uk

NGOs

Christian Missionary Fellowship International, Guinea-Bissau

We are of the CHRISTIAN MISSIONARY FELLOWSHIP INTERNATIONAL known here as COMUNIDADE MISIONARIA CRISTA INERNACIONAL. We are a faith based organization working in Guinea-Bissau since 2003. We just started a Nursery and primary school in 2007 and we are inour second year. We have been invited to start another primary school in one of the quarters of Bissaucity but we do not have the funds.

The school we started now has 285 pupils of whom 128 are on sponsorship by the Italian organization called REACH_ITALIA. Our major problem is infrastructure. We already have land just 20m from te school. The school as of now is operating in and uncompleted building. The enrollment for next accademic is projected to be high because of the availability of scholarship to the underprivileged children. We will therefore be very grateful to partner and work with you in this domain. The illiteracy rate in this country is alarmingly high. We are also promoting the English Language in this Portuguese country and we teach the children English from primary one. The name of our school as known here is FONTE DA SABEDORA. We urgently need to build classrooms and without your cooperation it will be difficult to give these unprivileged children a good education. We also want to provide them with computer literacy at the early age.The computers wll be a motivaion for learning to the best 100 pupils. The reason being that with pupils being sponsored in our school by REACH-ITALIA, some of these sponsored children refuse to attend school. Giving them computers as prices will motivate them to attend school. Girls will be given priority so as to promote girls educaton which remains a problem in this country due to early and forced marriage and other cultural practices.

I am Pastor Kum Frederick Alang and the administrator of COMUNIDADE MISSIONARIA CRISTA INTERNACIONAL.

The project name is ESCOLA FONTE DA SABEDORIA, construction of classrooms.

We are based in Bissau, capital of The Republic of Guinea-Bissau.

We are working in Guinea-Bissau.

Our website is www.cmciguinebissau.org

Our e-mail is cmcibissau@yahoo.co.uk

My phone is +245 6620561

Our posta box is 161, Bissau

If you are an NGO based in Africa interested in working with a student group to carry out such a project, or if you are working on your own initiatives with educational programs that are, please list yourself and your project here : your name, your project name, where you are based / where you are working, and how to get in touch with you.


Positive Planet

Please see our updated Wiki page: [[1]] for our newest proposal and information. Thank you!

We are a non-profit organization that based in New York City and in the Rakai and Masaka Districts in Uganda that creates partnerships between the US and Ugandan schools. Our primary goals are to improve the educational infrastructure of the Ugandan schools and to have the US students see that they can make a positive impact on the world. Over the past 6 years we've raised about $90,000, all of which has been used to build classrooms, water tanks, sanitation facilities, desks, repair roofs, and other similar projects that have affected close to 3,000 Ugandan students.

We have encouraged our students to communicate through pen pal letters but feel it would be much more powerful and a lot quicker if the communication could be through e-mail. We were planning to seek old computer donations and try to set up a computer lab at one of the schools this summer. We just heard about the OLPC program and are very excited about the possibilities of it really impacting our communities. We have strong roots in the community and believe the work could succeed. We would love to talk to a team of students interested in putting together a quick proposal and working with us. Please see www.positiveplanet.net for more info (check out the on-line films in the Zoom In section). Please contact me directly at mgreene@positiveplanet.net to talk if you are interested.


The Model International Telecommunications Union Youth Organization

The Model International Telecommunications Union Youth Organization (MODEL ITU) has been formed as a youth based ICT empowerment initiative aimed at assimilating the ideals and principles of the mainstream International Telecommunication Union with special reference to the Special Initiative Unit in Kenya (http://projects.tigweb.org/model-itu,).

We aim at bridging the digital divide, youth and children empowerment and entrepreneurship, cyber peace and peace contests, internet safety, environmental protection and social networking.

We welcome any team that has interest in working with us and will. We will respond fast to any inquiry. Thanks . Email (alek.owino@gmail.com or asudi22@gmail.com. MIKE, 2008 ITU ALUMNUS; KENYA


Trees for Clean Energy Network and Magoso School

Trees for Clean Energy Network has been working with schools and communities to promote environmental Education. This project of OLPCorps will open up Africa since it will give opportunity to African child to tell their story, learn more about health, environment and development. This will also enable the children exchange ideas and learn from children outside Kenya. Currently almost all children under 12 years have no idea of what is a computer and even their Teachers. I look forward to working with one of Corps in Magoso school and assisting him or her to develop this great idea to children of Magoso school.


Radio Station in Malawi

Hi, I am Gloria Masanza and i work as a sub-editor at a privately -owned radio station in Malawi, Central Africa. I have a friend working with the American Peace Corps in the country and she told me about the one laptop per child program. I have become so fascinated with the program since she told me, and we are working to link up with an organisation which is already working on children's rights. So I would like to know how we can get the intern teams visit us and see what we can do for our children. There are a lot of children here in Malawi who cannot even explain what a computer is, and over 90 percent of Malawi's children have never seen a computer, so this may just be a stepping stone, to the future. My e-mail is gmasanza@yahoo.com.


Children Rights International - Ghana right!Fight child labour!

This is Bright Appiah, briahus @ yahoo.com, the director for Child Rights International.
We have interest in a team visiting or serving as station in Africa.

Our commitment is to provide an ongoing voice for children and also reaffirm the faith of young people’s hope for a better future.

Please visit our website Children Rights International. thanks


Kijabe Primary School (Kenya)

My name's Becca Nelson and I'm currently living in Kijabe Kenya working with Kenyakidscan.org. There is a rural kenyan school nearby that would benefit deeply from 100 laptops--and has an infrastructure in place to handle the years following your team's departure. In addition, there is a school of about 120 children in Nairobi (slum area) that also would benefit and has accountable, technical people in the vicinity.

Let me know if you're looking for a kenyan adventure. :). thanks! nelson.rebecca@gmail.com.


The Ungana Foundation

As a result of the 1994 genocide, Rwanda gained one million new orphans, still surviving today as the potential new leaders of Rwanda's future. Orphaned children around the world face many obstacles including depression, lack of home support, minimal education, and hindered self-development. Starting June 2009, the UNGANA Foundation seeks to alleviate these odds by introducing 'Goals for Goals' to the ambitious youth of Gisenyi, Rwanda. Utilizing developmentally responsive activities, the 'Goals for Goals' program creates a space where Rwandan children can express creativity and voice and empowers the children with the life skills necessary to improve their own circumstances.

The Ungana Foundation is working on setting up an OLPCorps program in Rwanda for Summer 2009, but we need help - notably with IT setup and long-term funding. Please contact Ashley Linford, Programs Associate for more information at: ashley@unganafoundation.org

www.unganafoundation.org


Madagascar School Project

The Madagascar School Project is a small NGO based in Alexandria, Canada. In October 2008, we opened our elementary school in the rural village of Ambatoharanana, Madagascar. In a culture where a child's potential is often minimalized, the school has validated them as contributing members of their society. It is amazing how in such a short period of time, the children (and hence their community) have grown in terms of knowledge and new attitudes. Imagine what more could be accomplished if each student was provided with an XO to engage the global community and to equipe them with skills to ensure their competency in a world increasingly entwined with technology. For more information on the MSP, please visit www.madagascarschoolproject.com. If you are a team or individual seeking affiliation with an NGO and our work and philosophy are of interest to you, please contact me, Joseline Beaulieu, at holycatfish@sympatico.ca . I'd love to hear from you. The MSP may be a small organization but we can provide a team with excellent support. Thank-you for your interest. Hope to hear from someone soon.

Joseline


Blessing the Children International

BCI (Blessing the Children International) is a nonprofit organization working with several hundred children in Ethiopia, Africa. We regualary send teams and individuals to Ethiopia to work with orphaned, abandoned and impoverished children. We are completing construction on an elemenary school, and also sponsor/support over 100 children's care & Education.

Visit our website: Blessing the Children (www.BlessingTheChildren.org) Or email us at info@BlessingTheChildren.org


The Township Baseball Academy-Philippi Township, Cape Town, South Africa

We are a registered South African Non-Profit Organization employing a unique intervention model for at-risk township youth, combining the physical and social benefits of team sport with principles of achievement, positive communication, and discipline, borne through experiential education on the playfield, and transferred into the classroom. We work with a group of approximately 200 children, most aged 6-13, have access to an indoor activity center, and conduct year-round programming 3-4 days/week in baseball and academic enrichment. We would be delighted to hear from groups interested in working with our committed group of children in Cape Town. We currently utilize 8-10 American exchange student-volunteers through the University of Cape Town so we have familiarity with facilitating volunteer programming. Please view our website: [2] and contact Executive Director, Ian Edelstein, e-mail: ian@townshipbaseball.org, for more information.


Girls' Mentoring Centers in Mauritania

Peace Corps Mauritania supports 22 Girls' Mentoring Centers across the country specifically designed to help underprivilged girls who have a strong interest in academic pursuits. The centers are supported by the local communities and run by Peace Corps Volunteers and locally trained mentors ensuring a better opportunity for longer standing sustainability. For more information, contact Ginger Tissier at gtissier@gmail.com.


Kasumba Nursery and Primary School, Mubende, Uganda

Kasumba Nursery and Primary School is located in Mubende Town which is 160kms from Kampala City in Uganda. The school has a kindergarten for children 4-6 years and a primary section for children between 6 - 12 years. The school is the best school in the District. It offers the UNEB academic program, and extra-curriculum activities.

The school uses English as medium of instruction. The school has very good infrastructure and the teachers are among the best in the country.

For more information contact: kasnursery@yahoo.com


eduWeavers.org & eSibonisweni Primary School (South Africa)

My name is Dave Hall, an individual volunteer working with eduWeavers.org (of San Rafael, CA) and eSibonisweni Primary School (27° 4'14" S, 32°28'13"E) in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa to implement an initial 80 XOs and an internet link at the school.

Please check out our videoclip made in February during the first phase of the implementation:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psF_Yh0U9c4

On behalf of the headmaster of the school, Mr. Jubilee Tembe, I would like to extend an invitation to teams seeking a rural school destination to help further develop the project. Over the next few weeks I will be conducting a video survey of all the surrounding schools in the district for the purpose of developing a "pull-oriented" community-wide scale-up proposal and a visual database of candidate schools to help eduWeavers.org build their school-2-school programme. As an individual I will be available in a local ground support role, acting as guide, assisting with video documentation, liasing between community and local education authorities and helping to make your project as lasting success.

Contact details: actionscientist@gmail.com


Global Family Rescue (Tanzania, Uganda)

Global Family Rescue is is a non-profit faith-based charitable organization passionately dedicated to bringing hope to families living in extreme poverty throughout the world. Our goal is to help these families progress from extreme poverty to self-sufficiency within three years, and to increase the economic strength and stability of their communities through project based initiatives focused on clean water, education, vocational skills and more.

Working in several villages in Tanzania & Uganda. Funding might be possible.

Interested student groups may contact: david.stupay@globalfamilyrescue.org, renataw21@gmail.com


Bosco-Net (Bamako, Mali)

Distributes and supports educational computing resources to schools in Bamako, Mali.

Sylvestre Kamissoko <boscnet@yahoo.fr> Tél:00223-66-79-44-32 Bamako-Mali


Build A School (Malawi)

Build A School builds schools for the children most in need in the developing world, through sustainable building practices and renewable energies, to promote sustainable development education.


Luke Dolby, Chairman (luke@buildaschool.org.uk) Build A School www.buildaschool.org.uk


Mantsase Children's Home (Lesotho)

Mantsase Children’s Home is an orphanage started in 1979, in Lesotho. Traditionally, children whose parents have died are taken in by the extended family. With the advent of the AIDS pandemic this has become impossible. In a country of 1.8 million people, there are an estimated 400,000 orphans. Extended families do not have the money and the resources to care for all of the children after their parents have died. Mantsase is an orphanage dedicated to providing a feeling of home and stability to the children who live here. We currently have 55 children. We are hoping to eventually open a computer lab for our children and for the children in the local village, to teach basic computer skills. We would be interested in working with interested partners. Look us up online at Mantsase Children's Home or search for Mantsase Children’s Home on facebook.

Schools

Ecole Internationale Bujumbura (EIB), Bujumbura, Burundi

Ecole Internationale Bujumbura (EIB) is located in the capital of Burundi and consists of some 1200 students ranging in age 5-18. The school has consistently been ranked as one of the top performing/highest achieving schools in the nation and acted as a refuge for children during the decade long war. Currently, the school is without a single computer that is accessible to the student body. Computer access in Bujumbura as a whole is very limited and with Burundi’s recent induction into the Africa Union, English and the expanse of technology skills have been in high demand. The school’s goal is to create a high-tech and functioning computer lab, which will be accessible by both the students and the surrounding community to provide the necessary skills and knowledge to compete and succeed in an ever-growing computer based global economy, workforce, and education system. The school is also active and willing to work with the surrounding community, schools, and orphanages to allow for equal and necessary access to computers and personal/intellectual/social growth. I (Tyler, an English teacher at EIB and a recent college graduate) will personally be able to help in the process of organizing, teaching and working with the surrounding community. Accommodations can be arranged. The school and I are open for all suggestions and possibilities in terms of distributing and conducting the education process and sustainability of the venture. If interested and/or for further information please contact me at: tyler.j.hook@gmail.com.

  • Note: Burundi is a French and Kirundi speaking country. Fluency in one or both is beneficial but not necessary. Many of the students, teachers, and members of the surrounding community are competent in English.

Great Commission Academy, Kamwaura, Kenya

School profile PDF =

Centre Africa Obota, Bamako, Mali

If you are interested in contacting or partnering with this school, please contact Yacouba Berthe, YBerthe@hotmail.com, or CAOMail@hotmail.com.

Mali is a French-speaking country, so fluency in French is a plus. Berthe speaks English.

Sigomere Primary School, Ugenya, Kenya

Sigomere Primary School is located in rural Ugenya near the Kisumu-Busia Highway. Ugenya Town is about 50 kilometres from Kisumu City, Kenya's third largest city, which is located on the shores of Lake Victoria.

If you are interested in contacting or partnering with this school, please contact Prisca Odera, muhwayaodera@yahoo.com

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