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We need at least English and [[Swahili]] (aka Kiswahili). Additional tribal languages would be nice so that children can use their mother tongue. [http://www.ethnologue.org/show_country.asp?name=KE Ethnologue] reports: |
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The Harvard Kennedy Team is in the process of creating a theme to drive this project in Kenya. |
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National or official languages: Swahili, English. |
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A more elaborate page will be uploaded after January 25, 2009, which is the date set for the unveiling of the theme. |
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* Gikuyu [kik] 5,347,000 |
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* Gusii [guz] 1,582,000 |
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* Kalenjin [kln] 2,458,123 |
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* Kamba [kam] 2,448,300 |
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* Luo [luo] 3,185,000 |
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* Luyia [luy] 3,418,083 |
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* Maasai [mas] 453,000 |
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* Meru [mer] 1,305,000 |
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* Swahili [swh] 131,000 |
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== OLPC Kenya Acceptance and Implementation == |
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I agree but for initial roll out or deployment, laptops with English only would be fine. There is a strong desire in Kenyan children from a very young age to learn and improve their English skills. Kiswahili and English are both taught in public primary schools, with Kiswahili and a tribal language often being used at home, so it is not like English is being imposed through the OLPC project. |
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Larger issues in Kenya are corruption and a fairly substantial commitment to and investment in "hand-me-down" obsolete hardware, technologies and proprietary software by the government and existing NGO's. |
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Educational or other institutions need to be educated on the value of adopting and supporting new and cutting edge technologies and projects like OLPC. |
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We also need an internet service provider to partner with OLPC for reliable connectivity. Some of the ISP's already provide free service for some schools. --[[User:Rafikiyako|Rafikiyako]] 01:21, 16 November 2007 (EST) |
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== OLPC Kenya in Eastern Province - Kibwezi two-week launch == |
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A "green team" in two weeks on the ground in Kibwezi, Kenya, launched six units for a primary school of four hundred pupils including the Pre-Unit and two younger classes. Four teachers who received our training already were teaching teachers prior to our leaving 18 July, 2008. |
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== See Also == |
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya Wikipedia's article] on [[OLPC Kenya|Kenya]] |
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* [[OLPC_world_map]] or [[News]] for updates |
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[[Category:Countries|Kenya]] |
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UNDER CONSTRUCTION
The Harvard Kennedy Team is in the process of creating a theme to drive this project in Kenya.
A more elaborate page will be uploaded after January 25, 2009, which is the date set for the unveiling of the theme.