OLPC Philippines

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OLPC Philippines grassroots group

Mabuhay! Welcome to OLPC Philippines

OLPC Philippines (OLPC PH) is a grassroots coalition of forward-looking and like-minded individuals living in the Philippines and abroad who are working to bring the ideals of OLPC to Filipino children. Please join and share your ideas - we're still very much in the formative stages, so people who are eager and willing to jump in are very, very welcome.

To join the group's distribution list, subscribe to the olpc-philippines mailing listand participate in the discussions.

To keep abreast of the latest developments on the OLPC program in the Philippines, please check regularly this Wiki page for the latest developments.

Groups

• eKindling (Education Kindling) is an educational non-profit based in Manila, Philippines and has evolved from the OLPC-PH grassroots movement to officially carry the OLPC initiative in the country.

• PCOLPC (Philippine Collaborators for OLPC) is a group of Filipino-Australians based in Sydney, Australia.

The First Philippine OLPC school pilot

The first Philippine OLPC school pilot is currently being deployed at the Lubang Integrated School at Lubang, Mindoro. This is in cooperation and partnership with:

• a group of former employees of the National Computer Center (NCC) led by Meg Simpson and Susan Abaya,
• former NCC head and Lubang Mayor Juan Sanchez,
• Education Kindling (eKindling),
• Charles Chen of PCOLPC, and;
• Mitch Seaton of OLPC friends, Australia.

(Wiki Editors note: the exact list of partners is in dispute, please discuss the dispute carefully on the talk page before making further edits. Every change you make is recorded, and the history of this dispute does not look pleasant. If necessary, split the two pilot events by year. --Quozl 22:36, 14 November 2011 (UTC))

This project was made in honor of Mayor Sanchez former leadership of the NCC.

An initial 100 XO 1.5-laptops were distributed to Grade 4 students of Lubang Integrated School and Maligaya Elementary School and was formally launched on Dec. 6, 2010. Members of the media were invited to cover the event, along with DepEd Secretary Bro. Armin Luistro.

• ABS-CBN News (12/06/2010): Lubang Island schoolkids get own laptops
• Manila Bulletin (12/06/2010) DepEd launches laptop for every pupil program
• Philippine Information Agency (12/07/2010) Public school students in Mindoro get free laptop
• The Philippine Star (12/12/2010) Tools to build their dreams
• Philippine Daily Inquirer (12/13/2010) Lubang: Wi-fi in plaza, free laptops in school
• 2011 - Pictures of Lubang deployment and latest Lubang travel of eKindlers (Mitch and Cherry)

OLPC PH wiki archive

You can access the OLPC PH Wiki Archive. Let us know if you find anything really good.