OLPC Madagascar: Difference between revisions

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students of Antintorona school (Nosy Komba) with their XOs

- One in Nosy Komba Nosy_Komba, where OLPC France and a french association of students "G du Coeur" started a déployment in july 2009. Now there are 160 XOs and a XS there and a new team will be sent there in summer 2011 to go further on with the project.
- Another deployment takes place in Ambatoharanana [[1]]. It was led by OLPC Corps Africa through OLPC Ampitso (a team from two DC-area schools)[2]
- A first deployment of 15 XOs laptops took place in the village serving five schools in Maroantsetra Madagascar/Maroantsetra, Madagascar. Others have started additional pilots in the region.

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 * There are three deployment in Madagascar:
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 ** One in Nosy Komba [[Nosy_Komba]], where OLPC France and a french association of students "G du Coeur" started a déployment in july 2009. Now there are 160 XOs and a XS there and a new team will be sent there in summer 2011 to go further on with the project.
 ** Another deployment takes place in Ambatoharanana [[http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPCorps_GWU_Madagascar]]. It was led by OLPC Corps Africa through OLPC Ampitso (a team from two DC-area schools)[http://ampitso.wordpress.com]
 ** A first deployment of 15 XOs laptops took place in the village serving five schools in Maroantsetra [[Madagascar/Maroantsetra]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madagascar Madagascar]. Others have started additional pilots in the region.