One Laptop Per Child Program in the Philippines yet?
Just surfing the net and I stumbled on this. Not sure if this program has reached the Philippines yet. Any news about it locally?
================================================
The mission of the One Laptop per Child association is to develop a low-cost laptop—the “XO Laptop”—to revolutionize how we educate the world’s children. Our goal is to provide children around the world with new opportunities to explore, experiment, and express themselves. Why do children in developing nations need laptops? Laptops are a window and a tool: a window into the world and a tool with which to think. They are a wonderful way for all children to learn learning through independent interaction and exploration.
One Laptop per Child is a project about the transformation of education. It’s about giving children who don’t have the opportunity for learning that opportunity. So it’s about access, it’s about equity, and it’s about giving the next generation of children in the developing world a bright and open future.
Walter Bender, President, Software and Content
WikiPilipinas Filipina Stories, A Contest
I am supporting this endeavor in raising the image of Filipinas all over the world, specially in the net. Help spread the word 
From Noemi’s blog,
“Dine, Gus Vibal, founder of WikiPilipinas, his staff and I met up last week to discuss ways to support their first online Encyclopedia of Philippine Women that they started in WikiPilipinas.org. I believe Gus is truly sincere in his WikiPilipinas’ vision to be “the largest Philippine knowledge databaseâ€. I mean, Gus pratically invested a lot on WikiPilipinas. (A few sponsors helped though). Dine, Lorna, myself and most of you will agree that we all want to raise the profile of the Filipinas, and be part of a larger movement in uplifting the status of Philippine women. I believe that WikiPilipinas is sincere in their mission as we all are.Â
