XO Giving

Starting on November 12, 2007, people in the US and Canada will be able to purchase XOs through a "Give 1, Get 1" program which pays for two laptops, sending one to them and one to a child in one of OLPC's partner countries.

External links

• xogiving.org -- note that you can sign up to be notified around November 12, but can't actually donate to this program until then.

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I've seen Mr. Negroponte's story on "60 Minutes," and have press releases about the project. I advise a group of college students who raise money for the Zambia Open Community Schools program, a program for students too poor to attend government schools. It seems like this is exactly the population the project is designed for . . . but I'm gathering that the only way to serve a relatively small program (we've raised ~$150,000 over several years, all of which has gone directly to the ZOCS program). Is the "Buy One, Give One" program the only way we could connect olpc to the children in and around Lusaka, Zambia?

XO Giving specific questions

Will the North American Laptops include any human-power system?

Will the North American Laptops use the Anti-theft 'leasing' system?

If so, can this be disabled to prevent 'bricking'?

Will people in Europe also be able to purchase X0s via the G1G1 program?