Success of One Laptop Per Child Program in North America
by Lin Freestone
November 24, 2007
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology devised a charitable "Give One, Get One" program whereby a customer buying a $188 computer in the US and Canada automatically donates a second one to a child in a developing country.
The promotion received so much support from the public that it has been extended until the end of the year.
Customers in the US and Canada pay $399 for two laptops, with one going to the buyer and the other to a child in such countries as Rwanda, Afghanistan, Cambodia, Haiti and Mongolia.
The laptop has a homegrown user interface designed for children, has a built-in wireless networking, uses very little power and can be recharged by hand with a pulley or a crank.
Since the One Laptop Per Child Program began, there has been a gratifying and encouraging outpouring of support from the public. Many people have asked for more time to participate either individually or in order to organise local and national groups to which they belong.
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