Uniblue Causes One Laptop per Child
added on 14th June 2011
It has become very easy to take for granted things like electricity, computers and an internet connection but these are things we use every day which help us grow and expand our horizons. Here at Uniblue we feel it's important that each and every one of us has the opportunity to live an enriched life through education and for this reason, June's Uniblue Causes campaign will focus on the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) non-profit organization.
The OLPC's aim is to provide each child in developing countries with a low-cost, easy to maintain and most importantly, connected laptop. The OLPC have designed the XO laptop to be durable, easy to charge (even through alternative energy sources) and using open source software which is packed with activities such as drawing, reading, browsing, chatting and several educational games. With the XO, children are engaged in their own education, which makes them more likely to go to school and participate in the learning experience.
Currently OLPC reaches around 1.6 million children and teachers in Latin America as well as another 500,000 in Africa and the rest of the world. In Uruguay they succeeded in providing every elementary school child with a laptop, while their largest deployment was in Peru where they reached more than 8,300 schools.
During the month of June, Uniblue Causes will be donating 100 laptops to One Laptop per Child. With this donation one hundred kids from developing countries will be able to learn, interact and better develop themselves through technology. If you would like more information about this great initiative you can click here, and if you would like to contribute by donating a laptop you can visit the OLPC page on Amazon by clicking here.
