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-=== October 7th, 2008 ===
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-On October 7th, the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) for the
-province of Muthanna celebrated their second XO distribution. Muthanna
-is a remote, agricultural province on Iraq?s Saudi Arabian border, very
-poor and sparsely-populated. Nevertheless, Dick Torborg of the PRT
-reports that the second deployment ? which brings the total number of
-XOs in the province to 200 ? attracted an impressively large gathering,
-including provincial leaders and local media. Torborg says the kids and
-school community were in high spirits. There are plans to locally
-distribute a minimum of 200 additional machines by the end of the year.
-The OLPC team in Iraq consists of Torborg, together with representatives
-of Iraq?s Director of General Education and members of the Yakthah
-Institute, a local NGO. The U.S. embassy in Baghdad will soon be posting
-an Internet article on the event.
-Iraq is a priority country for OLPC, so it is gratifying to see our
-program take hold and gather strength there. Darah Tappitake, Robert and
-Matt will continue working with the PRTs and other potential partners,
-such as International Relief & Development (IRD), to bring XOs to
-children throughout the country.
-</pre>
-''Soure: [[Community news]]