Partners

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There are individuals, groups, communities, and organizations of all sizes working together to make OLPC a reality.

Schools


Supporters

Major direct supporters and partner organizations.


Projects

Collaborative projects, knowledge-sharing initiatives, local school activities.


Libraries

Activities, content, and shared resources.


Coordinators

Individuals and small groups maintaining parts of the project ecology.

  • general coordination of contributors and parallel projects
  • software package maintainers
  • educational and classroom advisors
  • networking, repair, and outreach

Curators

  • librarians and collection organizers, by topic and language
  • tools and software curators

Community

Local community groups and networks.

  • national and virtual OLPC groups, by country and interest
  • children's and educators groups
  • free culture groups (software, knowledge, &c)
  • G1G1 communities and networks

Contributors

Individual contributors of specific materials and help, of the above varieties and more. People (voluntary, staff, other) working with specific schools, projects, activities, bundles, communication.

General Contributors

Cesar Monge (rt:#26, Aug 2007) - Ecuador help
Khushhali bank (rt:#13, Aug 2007) - Pakistan help
Asif Hassan (rt:#47, Aug 2007) - Guyana help
Abdil Rashid Mohamed (rt:#82, Aug 2007) - Tanzania help
Anthony V. Cervone (rt:#104, Aug 2007) - General help


Content Contributors

Jared Kutzin (rt:#54, Aug 2007) - U.S. - Health education materials development
Joe F. Landsberger (rt:#87, Aug 2007) - n/a - Study Guides and Strategies Website at www.studygs.net
Gary Byowitz (Teachers' Institute for Special Education) (rt:#93, Aug 2007) - U.S. - Interactive bilingual (English/Spanish) typing programs and books
Jennifer Jacobson (PNN.com) (rt:#110, Aug 2007) - U.S. - Free web publishing tools (Fwd: Stephen Cho)
Michael Hollauf (rt:#109, Aug 2007) - Austria - MindMeister: online mind mapping tool


Educational Contributors

Majok Chol (rt:#90, Aug 2007) - Sudan - Sudanese-American Development Foundation, Inc.
Ralph Trainer (rt:#94, Aug 2007) - U.S. - Abilities in Motion
Bronwyn Palmer (rt:#111, Aug 2007) - U.S. - Post School Outcome Intervention for Special Education
Nancy Colier (rt:#135, Aug 2007) - Uganda - Primary school for aids orphans


Inquiries about content

Joseph Porto (rt#128, Aug 2007) - Medical content
Jeremy Singer-Vine (rt:#118, Aug 2007) - Local journalism and OLPC