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==Donations==
If my country made good use of its 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., we basically have already 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 the 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 - and will now be much less, as international energy prices fall.

I am convinced that the goal of a computer-assisted education 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 - which is only fair, as we so far fail to assure that effort entails success. 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.

Though I can always wish, I do not expect to be handling many millions, at least not soon. Meanwhile I can make sure that what we get is carefully and publicly accounted for. 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 ===
<sub>please do not modify this section, so as to keep data accurate - [[User:Yamaplos|Yamaplos]] 23:36, 11 December 2008 (UTC)</sub>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! amount USD
! from
! status
! received
! comments
|-
| $ 350
| parents of Veritas Academy, personal donation to fund Yama's work
| cash
|Dec 2007
|one XO computer off Craig's list purchased
|-
| $300
| donor requested anonymity, personal donation to fund Yama's work
| cash
| June 2008
| paid for one XO computer, solar panels
|-
| $ 337.99
| OLE, Inc.
| Check 205
| Dec 12 08
|reimbursement Nov trip to Boston
|-
| $2.000
| OLE, Inc.
| check 204
| Dec 12 08
| January trip to Bolivia
|-
| $2.000
| OLE, Inc
| promised
| Jan 2009?
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|}

===Donated Computers===
[[Donate_Your_Get_One#La_Paz.2C_Bolivia|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.

<sub>please do not modify the following table, so as to keep data accurate - [[User:Yamaplos|Yamaplos]] 23:46, 5 January 2009 (UTC)</sub>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! serial #
! from
! status
! updated on
|-
| CSN 747 01 FF9
| Northville, MI
| received, tested OK
| Dec 11 08
|-
| CSN 74 802 A74
| Forest Park, IL
| received, tested OK
| Dec 29 08
|-
| CSN 750 00 C07<br />CSN 749 02 252
| Avon, CO
| received, tested OK
| Dec 19 08
|-
| SHC 839 04 924
| Blacksburg, VA
| Received, tested OK
| Dec 27 08
|-
| CSN 74 702 D13
| Topanga, CA
| received, tested OK
| Dec 29 08
|-
| CSN 74 901 406
| De Pere, MI
| received, tested OK
|Jan 3 09
|-
| CSN 74 801 35F
| Seattle, WA
| received, tested OK
|Jan 5 09
|-
| SHC 844 02 7E2
| Thornton, CO
| received, tested OK
|1/8/2009
|-
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|}

===Other Computers===
I have received several other computers not as an outright donation, but either on loan or to be used for research, and I own 2 myself. To keep track of things, the information is below.

<sub>please do not modify the following table, so as to keep data accurate - <sub>[[User:Yamaplos|Yamaplos]] 20:00, 4 January 2009 (UTC)</sub>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! serial #
! where now
! status
! comments
|-
| ?
| La Paz, Bolivia
| developer's program - received with bad battery, Aug 08
| on loan to Gobierno Municipal de La Paz, Dec 29 08
|-
| SHF 80 800 93C
| Austin
| personal, Yama's
| Yama's main work laptop
|-
| CSN 74 702 9E7
| Austin
| developer's program - received with broken case, Nov 08
| to pursue projector research - Jan-5 to Jan-15 on loan for Science fair spectrophotometer XO project
|-
| CSN 74 803 DBB
| Austin
| personal long-term loan to Yama
| from M.G. since July 08. project
|-
| CSN 74 902 494
| Austin
| personal, Yama's
| currently used for projector research, disassembled. Battery used for the one on loan to GMLP
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[[Category:OLPC Bolivia]]

Revision as of 10:56, 9 January 2009

OLPC Bolivia email list
Inscribirse aquí

Donations

If my country made good use of its 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., we basically have already 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 the 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 - and will now be much less, as international energy prices fall.

I am convinced that the goal of a computer-assisted education 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 - which is only fair, as we so far fail to assure that effort entails success. 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.

Though I can always wish, I do not expect to be handling many millions, at least not soon. Meanwhile I can make sure that what we get is carefully and publicly accounted for. 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 received comments
$ 350 parents of Veritas Academy, personal donation to fund Yama's work cash Dec 2007 one XO computer off Craig's list purchased
$300 donor requested anonymity, personal donation to fund Yama's work cash June 2008 paid for one XO computer, solar panels
$ 337.99 OLE, Inc. Check 205 Dec 12 08 reimbursement Nov trip to Boston
$2.000 OLE, Inc. check 204 Dec 12 08 January trip to Bolivia
$2.000 OLE, Inc promised Jan 2009?

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 23:46, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

serial # from status updated on
CSN 747 01 FF9 Northville, MI received, tested OK Dec 11 08
CSN 74 802 A74 Forest Park, IL received, tested OK Dec 29 08
CSN 750 00 C07
CSN 749 02 252
Avon, CO received, tested OK Dec 19 08
SHC 839 04 924 Blacksburg, VA Received, tested OK Dec 27 08
CSN 74 702 D13 Topanga, CA received, tested OK Dec 29 08
CSN 74 901 406 De Pere, MI received, tested OK Jan 3 09
CSN 74 801 35F Seattle, WA received, tested OK Jan 5 09
SHC 844 02 7E2 Thornton, CO received, tested OK 1/8/2009

Other Computers

I have received several other computers not as an outright donation, but either on loan or to be used for research, and I own 2 myself. To keep track of things, the information is below.

please do not modify the following table, so as to keep data accurate - Yamaplos 20:00, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

serial # where now status comments
? La Paz, Bolivia developer's program - received with bad battery, Aug 08 on loan to Gobierno Municipal de La Paz, Dec 29 08
SHF 80 800 93C Austin personal, Yama's Yama's main work laptop
CSN 74 702 9E7 Austin developer's program - received with broken case, Nov 08 to pursue projector research - Jan-5 to Jan-15 on loan for Science fair spectrophotometer XO project
CSN 74 803 DBB Austin personal long-term loan to Yama from M.G. since July 08. project
CSN 74 902 494 Austin personal, Yama's currently used for projector research, disassembled. Battery used for the one on loan to GMLP