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==OLPC Zambia==
==OLPC Zambia==
# 2012 or 2013: a first OLPC class has been established with some 10 OLPC XO's.

Thus far, there is one known laptop in Zambia. If you are interested in raising funds to start a pilot program
# 2008: Thus far, there is one known laptop in Zambia. If you are interested in raising funds to start a pilot program
in conjunction with the Chipulmutso Community School in Jowell Village, please contact [[User:dsutera|Dan Sutera]].
in conjunction with the Chipulmutso Community School in Jowell Village, please contact [[User:dsutera|Dan Sutera]].



Revision as of 17:58, 29 July 2013

2007 status: yellow
      yellow  
Zambian Kids with the XO

Zambia is a historically peaceful country in the process of an economic development boom. It is a fertile ground for an OLPC program.

OLPC Zambia

  1. 2012 or 2013: a first OLPC class has been established with some 10 OLPC XO's.
  2. 2008: Thus far, there is one known laptop in Zambia. If you are interested in raising funds to start a pilot program

in conjunction with the Chipulmutso Community School in Jowell Village, please contact Dan Sutera.

Deployments

Current

  1. Have a look at the youtube presentation of OLPC Zambia in the new library buildings, built in a traditional style: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32jeogOT72E&list=PL4OEMOc6385U9NTgA4J_exd-Ulw8iGOII - minute 47:42 --SvenAERTS 17:56, 29 July 2013 (UTC)

Potential

  • Jowell Village, Eastern Province


Major languanges

  • Bemba [bem] 3,300,000
  • Nyanja [nya] 1,600,000
  • Tonga [toi] 1,380,000
  • Mambwe-Lungu [mgr] 262,800
  • Lala-Bisa [leb] 371,000