Donate Your Get One/Haiti

Give your own XO to displaced students in Haiti. OLPC for Haiti is sending a shipment of XOs to Haiti later this year, where the 2010 OLPCorps field volunteers will help distribute them as part of their rebuilding work around Port-au-Prince.

Address

OLPC FOR HAITI c/o Exel
615 Westport Parkway #500
Grapevine, TX  76051
USA

Details

Our warehouse is helping us keep costs low for storing these laptops. We've received an offer of free shipping to Haiti, but would appreciate similar offers -- please contact volunteer@laptop.org if you can offer concrete help in any way!

Q: Can I use the Post Office or Fedex, etc?

A: Yes, all carriers/shippers can be used, to the address above.

Q: Is the original cardboard box required?

A: No! XO Laptops are quite tough. Whichever cardboard box you use, we'd just ask you to provide basic protective packaging around your XO Laptop, charger and battery.

Q: Can I receive a tax receipt?

A: Unfortunately no receipts are possible in this case, due to legal reasons. On a personal level, we very strongly appreciate your gift, as will the recipient -- even if you never meet.

Q: Are other non-OLPC laptops or desktop computers being accepted?

A: Not at this time. Please contact organizations like http://urbanrenewal.org doing similar work.

Q: Which kids will receive my laptop, in which Haitian communities?

A: OLPCorps Haiti plans were underway long before January 12, 2010's catastrophic earthquake and are now being readjusted. We are very hopeful to involve existing OLPC Haiti communities and beyond. However traumatic on-the-ground situations persist here as of late January 2010. We await news from the OLPC Haiti team and will update the OLPC for Haiti page as it arrives.

Q: How else can I help OLPC efforts in Haiti?

A: Community ideas are being gathered if you can help suggest and directly contribute please!