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OLPC Founder Nicholas Negroponte on the Colbert Report last night:
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Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Nicholas Negroponte - The Colbert Report - 10/25/10 - Video Clip | Comedy Central
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Party? Party!
Looking for some awesome planners who might want to do something good for the world by hosting a fundraising party for STEP UP OLPC sometime at the end of this year or beginning of next year.
Send me an email if you want to join our international team of people who will each plan parties in a different location, to take place during the same week, to raise money for our computer program. And there can be variety, too- from a luncheon to a dinner party to a dance party to a gallery event, to a poetry slam, anything is an option!
Thinking January 13th-16th might be a good date range. Comment or email me at beth@bethsantos.com now!
Send me an email if you want to join our international team of people who will each plan parties in a different location, to take place during the same week, to raise money for our computer program. And there can be variety, too- from a luncheon to a dinner party to a dance party to a gallery event, to a poetry slam, anything is an option!
Thinking January 13th-16th might be a good date range. Comment or email me at beth@bethsantos.com now!
Monday, September 27, 2010
A note about Haiti
I don't usually mix business with pleasure, but I work for Waveplace and we recently got an incredible email from one of our mentors in Haiti.
Wanted to share it to see if anyone might be able to lend a hand. A very heartwarming/crushing story about our mentors, who are living in poverty themselves, who are working for free to give their students an education since we don't have any funding to pay them.
Read about it here:
http://waveplace.com/news/blog/archive/000991.jsp
Wanted to share it to see if anyone might be able to lend a hand. A very heartwarming/crushing story about our mentors, who are living in poverty themselves, who are working for free to give their students an education since we don't have any funding to pay them.
Read about it here:
http://waveplace.com/news/blog/archive/000991.jsp
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Saturday, September 4, 2010
New Challenges / Adventures in Finance
With the school year over and a new one ahead of us, here's some updates on new initiatives/future costs for the continuation of our program in São Tomé.
AIRFARE
For me to get to São Tomé, it will cost about $2,000 roundtrip EACH TIME. That's pretty hefty when you're raising about $3,000 per year and don't feel it's right to use that money all for your benefit.
LOCAL COORDINATOR
New changes are happening in the São Tomé government, but we've gotten interest from the Embassy of Taiwan to build programs like the one in São João in four other schools across the country. This includes installing an internet hookup in all of the locations and training teachers as well. It also means we'll need to get someone local who can coordinate between the different programs. I'm writing this into our funding proposal with the Embassy but it's always good to to think ahead. A local coordinator will work with teachers, help develop the program further, and keep in touch with me and in OLPC. They will be proficient in English (for research and development purposes), a go-getter who doesn't give up easily, and passionate about technology and education. We're hoping to cut a salary of at LEAST $250 per month, which is about $3,000 per year.
COMPUTERS FOR TEACHERS
Thanks to Group Excellence, Ltd, we'll be supplying our teachers with netbooks just as soon as I actually get out to the post office to mail them. We couldn't be happier with this news and are excited to get them shipped out!
CABINET/STORAGE AREA
My friend Faia has finally finished a cabinet for us to house our laptops. I hear it's not the prettiest thing in the world, but it does its job. And the best part is, the school's principal has requested that the unused cantina in the back of the school be swept and cleaned so that we can put the cabinet in there and maybe even make it a sort of technology room! Pictures to come if I can convince someone to take some.
As you can see, we need a clear way of getting money into this program. Not sure what the answer to that is yet, but speaking to local churches is not a bad idea. I wonder if I can't put on a fundraiser down here in NC (my new home) and maybe even across the USA. We could all party at the same time for the same event, wouldn't that be cool?
Thinking about how we could work this. If you have ideas, share 'em.
AIRFARE
For me to get to São Tomé, it will cost about $2,000 roundtrip EACH TIME. That's pretty hefty when you're raising about $3,000 per year and don't feel it's right to use that money all for your benefit.
LOCAL COORDINATOR
New changes are happening in the São Tomé government, but we've gotten interest from the Embassy of Taiwan to build programs like the one in São João in four other schools across the country. This includes installing an internet hookup in all of the locations and training teachers as well. It also means we'll need to get someone local who can coordinate between the different programs. I'm writing this into our funding proposal with the Embassy but it's always good to to think ahead. A local coordinator will work with teachers, help develop the program further, and keep in touch with me and in OLPC. They will be proficient in English (for research and development purposes), a go-getter who doesn't give up easily, and passionate about technology and education. We're hoping to cut a salary of at LEAST $250 per month, which is about $3,000 per year.
COMPUTERS FOR TEACHERS
Thanks to Group Excellence, Ltd, we'll be supplying our teachers with netbooks just as soon as I actually get out to the post office to mail them. We couldn't be happier with this news and are excited to get them shipped out!
CABINET/STORAGE AREA
My friend Faia has finally finished a cabinet for us to house our laptops. I hear it's not the prettiest thing in the world, but it does its job. And the best part is, the school's principal has requested that the unused cantina in the back of the school be swept and cleaned so that we can put the cabinet in there and maybe even make it a sort of technology room! Pictures to come if I can convince someone to take some.
As you can see, we need a clear way of getting money into this program. Not sure what the answer to that is yet, but speaking to local churches is not a bad idea. I wonder if I can't put on a fundraiser down here in NC (my new home) and maybe even across the USA. We could all party at the same time for the same event, wouldn't that be cool?
Thinking about how we could work this. If you have ideas, share 'em.
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
10 LAPTOPS FOR SAO TOME!
GREAT NEWS! An organization called Group Excellence, Ltd, which supplies laptops to USA students, has just donated 10 laptop computers (non-XO) to our teachers in São Tomé. I can't say enough how amazingly excited I am about this!!! The teachers have been needing these computers for a while now and I am just so happy to be helping them out, finally. The XOs are definitely a little bit small for them :)
Hip-hip hurray!!!
Please keep the donations coming, especially if you're interested in helping me cover airfare (I'm still about $1,900 in the hole). If you do donate to travel, please note that specifically when you donate so that I know where to put the money.
Thank you all so much for your continued support. We're moving slowly but definitely deliberately with our program!
Hip-hip hurray!!!
Please keep the donations coming, especially if you're interested in helping me cover airfare (I'm still about $1,900 in the hole). If you do donate to travel, please note that specifically when you donate so that I know where to put the money.
Thank you all so much for your continued support. We're moving slowly but definitely deliberately with our program!
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