Bolivia OLE
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 - 70.116.14.213 20:43, 29 December 2008 (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 |
Other Computers
I have received several 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 - 70.116.14.213 20:43, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
| serial # | where now | status | comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| ? | La Paz, Bolivia | personal, Yama's | on loan to Gobierno Municipal de La Paz, Dec 29 08 |
| SHF 80 800 93C | Austin | personal, Yama's | main work laptop |
| CSN 74 702 9E7 | Austin | developer's program | to pursue projector research (broken case). Received Nov 08 |
| CSN 74 803 DBB | Austin | personal long-term loan to Yama | from M.G. since July 08 |