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LAPTOP Magazine Tests "One Laptop Per Child" Program In Africa
LAPTOP: Mobile Solutions for Business & Life, the leading mobile technology magazine and Web site, is reporting the trials and triumphs of giving ruggedized kid-friendly laptop computers to children in the developing world. Having donated 30 of One Laptop Per Child's (OLPC) XO laptops to a school in the village of Ouéléssébougou in Mali, Africa, LAPTOP is tracking how children who have never before seen a computer are adapting to educational technology. On the heels of OLPC's announcement today of its second annual Give 1, Get 1 XO purchasing program, LAPTOP's reports illustrate the impact of giving an XO this holiday season to children less fortunate. OLPC, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing developing countries with its ruggedized XO laptops, today begins its holiday promotion that enables consumers to donate a bonus laptop to a child of the developing world when purchasing a low cost laptop for themselves for $399.
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