Donate Your Get One/Haiti

Give your own XO to displaced students in Haiti. OLPC for Haiti will be sending a shipment of XOs to Haiti later this year, when 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 a preliminary offer of free shipping to Haiti, and 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, Fedex, or UPS 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.

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

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

Q: What has happened to OLPC's efforts in Haiti and what is being planned?

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: Can I contact the Haitian child?

A: No. However if you write "Donated by MY.ACTUAL@EMAIL.ADDRESS" discretely underneath the battery compartment, in permanent marker, it is always possible they will contact you at a much later date. We ask you however please not to deface any exterior surfaces of the laptop.

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!