OLPC Madagascar

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Primary Language ,|x|Language spoken::x}}
Number of Laptops Number of manufactured laptops::295
Keyboard Layout Keyboard::OLPC English Keyboard
Build ,|x|Software release::x}}
Date(s) Arrived in Country ,|x|Has received laptops on date::x}}
School Server ,|x|School server status::x}}
Deployment Status Deployment status::three deployments ongoing.


  • There are three deployments in Madagascar:
students of Antintorona school (Nosy Komba) with their XOs
Meanwhile somewhere at OLPC Madagascar. And how's your summer? http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xftdx1_clip-nosy-komba_tech?start=264
  1. One in Nosy Komba Nosy_Komba, where OLPC France and a french association of students "G du Coeur" started a deployment in july 2009. Now there are 160 XOs and a XS there and a new team will be sent there in summer 2011 to go further on with the project.
  2. Another deployment takes place in Ambatoharanana [[1]]. It was led by OLPC Corps Africa through OLPC Ampitso (a team from two DC-area schools)[2]
  3. A first deployment of 15 XOs laptops took place in the village serving five schools in Maroantsetra Madagascar/Maroantsetra, Madagascar. Others have started additional pilots in the region.