Bolivia OLE

Donations

If my country made good use of it resources, we would be all doing great. As things are, we have one of the richest countries in the planet, oil, gas, minerals, woods, water, grasslands, etc., etc., etc., whe basically got any resource you could mention.

BUT we end up having one of the poorest people in the Americas, often running neck-to-neck with Haiti as the one with worst economic indicators. Nowadays some of those indicators "seem" to look better, thanks to huge gas exports, but, remember, that influx of money takes its while to reach the common people, as it is mostly handled by international companies, and the government.

I am convinced that the goal of this project in Bolivia is not to produce more engineers, lawyers, artists, not even to merely produce better ones, because at best at the end we just will be exporting the brightest of them to the North. The goal has to be to achieve a change in the parameters of relationships, where honesty in handling resources is paramount and becomes a normal way of doing things. To achieve that, we need transparency in handling funds and materials.

I do not expect to be handling many millions, at least not soon, though I can always wish, but at least I can make sure that what we get as long as I am in charge, especially what is given to us, is carefully and publicly accounted for, and myself doing my best that what is given to my people gets to my people, and is used as wisely as I can make it happen.

Money

_{please do not modify this section, so as to keep data accurate - Yamaplos 23:36, 11 December 2008 (UTC)}

amount USD	from	status	updated on	comments
$ 337.99	OLE, Inc.	Check 205	Dec 12 08	reimbursement Nov trip to Boston
$2.000	OLE, Inc.	check 204	Dec 12 08
$2.000	OLE, Inc	promised Jan 09	Dec 12 08

Donated Computers

Please click here for information on how to donate OLPC XO computers for Bolivia

to respect the privacy of donors I am only indicating the location of origin and serial number.

_{please do not modify the following table, so as to keep data accurate - Yamaplos 23:36, 11 December 2008 (UTC)}

serial #	from	status	updated on
CSN 747 01 FF9	Northville, MI	received, tested OK	Dec 11 08
1 unit	Forest Park, IL	offered	Dec 11 08
2 units	Avon, CO	offered	Dec 11 08