OLPC Philippines

2007 status: green
green

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!

To join us, subscribe to the olpc-philippines mailing list and introduce yourself. We often send announcements and have discussions on this list. Also, please attend the next meeting if you can - this will give you a chance to get to know everyone.

Meetings

Please see /Meetings for upcoming meeting times and agendas, as well as past meeting minutes.

Past Activities

• Flash as a Gaming/Edu-Gaming Platform for the XO-1
• OLPC Philippines Grassroots Developer Program
• OLPC Philippines Unang Liwanag
• OLPC Philippines Sugar OS functionality test

January 2009

• OLPC Philippines meeting at G2VC Techbar. Watch the replay at http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/1109274

December 2008

• Carlos Nazareno Brought one of the XO-1 units to the Philweavers christmas party, adding awareness about OLPC to the Philippine Web Designer/Developer community.

September 2008

• Software Freedom Day 2008, National Computer Center, Quezon City - Sept. 20, 2008
  • The OLPC PH team joined Software Freedom Day 2008 as a booth sponsor and was able to showcase the XO-1 laptop and OLPC PH grassroots to attendees of the event.
  • Jerome Gotangco was interviewed by Net 25.
  • Event pictures

August 2008

• Ubuntu Love Day Manila 2008, UP Diliman, Quezon City - Aug. 23, 2008
  • Rowen Remis Iral delivered a 40-minute presentation of the XO-1 and OLPC PH grassroots effort
  • Event pictures

External Resources

The non-wiki site is at http://olpcph.multiply.com. There is also a group of supporters for OLPC Philippines at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=8363657036

New OLPC Philippines site http://www.olpcph.co.cc

OLPC PH Wiki Archive

You can still access the OLPC PH Wiki Archive.