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= OLPC Pakistan Atlas School =
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== Atlas School Rawalpindi ==



Dr. Habib Khan announced the launching of an OLPC pilot project at the Atlas Public School, located in the slums between Rawalpindi and Islamabad.


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==Atlas Public school==
Dr. Habib Khan announced the launching of an OLPC pilot project at the Atlas Public School, located in the slums between Rawalpindi and Islamabad.


Many thanks to our Afghan volunteers, Usman Mansoor “Ansari” and Sohaib Obaidi “Ebtihaj”, who discovered the school and will be mentoring students and their teacher.
Many thanks to our Afghan volunteers, Usman Mansoor “Ansari” and Sohaib Obaidi “Ebtihaj”, who discovered the school and will be mentoring students and their teacher.


==School Location==
The area is economically poor and lacks security measures and basic facilities. There are about 100 children (Grades 1–6), mostly Afghan refugees—many of them work during the first part of the day to support their families and attend school in the afternoon. We distributed 39 XO localized in Dari and Pashto, official languages of Afghanistan.

=First Visit to school=
The area is economically poor and lacks security measures and basic facilities. There are about 100 children (Grades 1–6), mostly Afghan refugees—many of them work during the first part of the day to support their families and attend school in the afternoon.

==First Visit to school==


[[Image:Atlas Public Sch Pirwadai 004.JPG|thumb|left|250px|(Entrance 15 March 2008)]]
[[Image:Atlas Public Sch Pirwadai 004.JPG|thumb|right|250px|(Entrance 15 March 2008)]]

Revision as of 08:23, 26 March 2008


OLPC Pakistan Atlas School

Dr. Habib Khan announced the launching of an OLPC pilot project at the Atlas Public School, located in the slums between Rawalpindi and Islamabad.

(Class room 15 March 2008)
(15 March 2008)
(15 March 2008)


Atlas Public school

Many thanks to our Afghan volunteers, Usman Mansoor “Ansari” and Sohaib Obaidi “Ebtihaj”, who discovered the school and will be mentoring students and their teacher.

School Location

The area is economically poor and lacks security measures and basic facilities. There are about 100 children (Grades 1–6), mostly Afghan refugees—many of them work during the first part of the day to support their families and attend school in the afternoon.

First Visit to school

(Entrance 15 March 2008)