Comments on: G1G1 2008 : give a laptop, change the world

By: patti

patti — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 01:01:10 +0000

need a laptop for my granddaughter,i am raising my grandchildren,their mother has been on meth for some 10 years so the younger 2 are meth babies,would appreciate your help with one laptop.Thanks

By: metasj

metasj — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 01:46:48 +0000

In the past OLPC has run the G1G1 program every winter, from Thanksgiving to the end of the year. We haven’t announced any dates for this year, but if you are gathering colleagues together that is when a similar program could be expected.

By: Michael S.

Michael S. — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:45:21 +0000

I am in the same situation as Samantha Fine. I was gathering some friends and neighbors to do the but one get one program and then donate the ‘get ones’ to under served children in our community. Is the program going to be offered again this fall?

By: R. Godwin

R. Godwin — Sun, 17 May 2009 14:12:46 +0000

How Sad! Can some people not see the glorious miracle of HOPE? This laptop is not taking food from any childs mouth. This laptop is not creating anything but a joy of HOPE. Education and hope must go hand in hand. Education for a better next generation and hope to improve the planet. Imagine going to school and not having a pencil to use. How well would you learn? Just a silly example but still, why not give a little joy? I am so glad not all are so selfish. Just wondering how much you give to charity to buy food?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 03 May 2009 20:34:54 +0000

I can’t believe some people’s ignorant views on this issue. Why shouldn’t children have some of the educational and entertaining benefits that American children have. Are they unworthy of these types of donations because their countries aren’t as advanced and wonderful as more developed regions. As someone stated in a past blog they “need to get up off their ass and do something.” Ethnocentricity runs deep in this individual. If most privelidged Americans were to experience half the troubles of a child from a third world country, they’d be crying to their psychiatrist for years, taking medications and collecting disability for some chronic mental disorder. Talk about lazy and with all the opportunities and advancements of the world. All I really have to say about the novelty about this program is “give a man a fish and feed him for a day, teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime.”

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:20:17 +0000

You should move this project to other countrys in need.

By: cierra

cierra — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:16:54 +0000

I think this is really good thing for kids in need.It teaches them a lot.And also you can have fun while doing it.

I wonder if a kid in the United States could buy one just for fun?I’ll pay,and then you could donate the money i spent on a laptop to another laptop for kids really in need.

By: John W

John W — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:54:25 +0000

Well, the software info is confusing to me (too much complex info). I think I’ll just have to get one and take it to the school I’m working with in Ghana and try it out. The ruggedness of the design is a really good idea.

My recommendation to everyone with strong opinions about international aid and development is to get involved on a personal level helping people in those places you are concerned about. You will find it richly rewarding and can make a huge difference in people’s lives at a very modest cost. It is not hard to do.

Regarding no name’s concern, there are computer hackers, criminals and “terrorists” all over the world already doing stupid things. They already have internet access. It is cheap and available and they have the skills.

My concern is with the millions of people who are not polarized, can readily become our friends, and who can benefit immensely from access to the vast knowledge available on the internet.

At the end of a project last year putting in a safe water supply for a village of 5000 in Ghana, the local Imam, who was there with his council of elders, gave a speech, ending with “Thank You and God Bless America”.

I refuse to let fear and fear mongering propaganda prevent me from making the world a better place for everyone I can touch.

By: No Name

No Name — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:07:32 +0000

Has anyone considered the implications of giving internet access to nations that hate the western world? We may inadvertently spawn a new generation of terrorists… computer terrorists!

By: Samantha Fine

Samantha Fine — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:00:39 +0000

I was fully planning on buying my daughter one of these computers and donating one to to a kid in another country. However, I wasn’t aware of the time constraint! Please tell me when you are going to offer the Give One Get One program!!! I am incredibly frustrated that I missed the window of opportunity! I even had the idea to try to get other members of my (rather wealthy) town to also buy computers – ideally, our town could be linked with a town in an underprivileged community, so as the kids grew with their computers, they could also be a kind of “pen-pal” with their corresponding town! FInding the site down after Christmas was a crushing blow! Now I see the computers available on eBay, but that isn’t contributing to a needy child! Please reinstate the program ASAP!! Thank You! – A concerned mother and citizen.

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By: Denise

Denise — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:51:09 +0000

I got mine Dec.2007 G1G1 would like to know where my other one went?

By: Bryan Patrick

Bryan Patrick — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 07:09:52 +0000

Ok picture a 22 year old kid who still uses the XO he got in “grade school” to mine information to fix a…. land rover….or a…tractor…or…a water pump…or to diagnose a sick goat.. I am tech savvy and “underprivileged” by american standards. The internet offers me information and help when american traditions of greed and social ignorance would have me clueless, subservient, cold and hungry. Maybe some “westerners” are afraid that these poor kids might actually find out about their lifestyle and want it too… How else would this privileged american see a house with an elevator and a 100 square foot bathroom… or find out that you run your AC all summer in an arizona winter home you don’t even live in. For who pays for the greed of the overfed are the hungry.

By: buylaptop

buylaptop — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 02:38:31 +0000

Would You share GIGI program to me ? Cause in my Country many Children need this Program..Would You

By: zhi

zhi — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:38:50 +0000

is it too late for the g1g1 program. i want to get one for my daughter… but it’s confusing. please help

By: Robert Maas

Robert Maas — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 21:41:36 +0000

{{Aren’t all of you fortunate to be able to have a computer to post your
`various’ opinions of the OLPC program.}}

Unfortunately, despite my college degree (Bachelor of
Science, major in mathematics), and top-five placement in
William Lowell Putnam math contest, and 20+ years experience
writing computer software, I haven’t been able to find
anyody willing to hire me in recent years, and as a result I
am stone broke and deep in debt, so I can’t afford to buy a
new computer to supplement the Macintosh Performa 600 (68030
CPU, 8MB RAM) that I bought for $200 (plus $100 for monitor)
in 1998 when I had a tiny bit of money and wasn’t so deep in
debt as now. The Performa isn’t powerful enough to run PPP
over dialup. As a result, my only access to the Web from
home is VT100 emulator at 19200 BPS over modem through Unix
shell account and lynx (text-only Web browser), which
doesn’t allow me to post to most blogs, such as:

File that you are currently viewing
Linkname: George’s Bottom Line: Why Daschle Withdrew His Nomination
URL: http://blogs.abcnews.com/george/2009/02/why-daschle-wit.html
Link that you currently have selected
Linkname: Post
Method: POST
Enctype: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Action: http://www.typepad.com/t/comments
I tried to post the following comment (next below), but it
discriminated against me because I’m disabled and unemployed
and can’t afford a brand-new computer with the capability of
direct PPP or DSL access and ability to view images.

When will Barack Obama be honest and admit he hired his
campaign organization to set up a bait-and-switch Web site?

(When I try post, it insists I say what text is in an image
I can’t see over VT100 emulator.)

By: Scotchy

Scotchy — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 15:17:51 +0000

I think this will be a great way for impoevrished young children to start learning early on how to effectively develop and deploy their own Nigerian 419 scams. Kudos!