OLPC Papua New Guinea

Deployments in PNG will commence in June 2008 at the following sites:

• Gaire, Central Province
• Drekikir, East Sepik Province
• Buka, Bougainville Province

Contacts:

• David Leeming
• Dr Joseph Pagelio, Secretary, Department of Education, PO Box 446, Waigani NCD Phone: 301 3447 Fax: 323 1031

Localisation projects have been opened on the OLPC Pootle server for Tok Pisin language (PNG Pidgin)

• Wikipedia Tok Pisin link

Gaire

Gaire is located about 45 minutes drive from Port Moresby. It is the site of a rural community VSAT access point, set up under the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC)'s Pacific Rural Internet Connectivity System (Pacific RICS) project.

Drekikir

Drekikir Admin Primary School is located in East Sepik Province, near Wewak. This school is participating in the EU-funded Improvement of Rural Primary Education Facilities (IRPEF) project, based in Madang. The IRPEF is collaborating with the Department of Education and OLPC Oceania to implement the trial.

Some pictures of the Drekikir region can be seen here: [1]