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amazon.com - 11/17/2008

One Laptop per Child Foundation @ Amazon.com

— amazon.com — Give One. Get One. Why give a laptop to a child in the emerging world? If you replace the word "laptop" with "education" the answer becomes clear. You don't wait to educate until all other challenges are resolved. You educate at the same time because ... (more) One Laptop per Child Foundation @ Amazon.com

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computerworld.com - 11/17/2008

Amazon launches OLPC 'Give 1 Get 1' laptop drive

— computerworld.com — November 17, 2008 (IDG News Service) One Laptop Per Child Association Inc. (OLPC) launched its "Give 1 Get 1" program for a second time, allowing people to buy one of its iconic green minilaptops and donate one to a child in the developing world at ... (more) Amazon launches OLPC 'Give 1 Get 1' laptop drive

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laptopmag.com - 11/17/2008

OLPC - Learn more about One Laptop Per Child and the XO Notebook

— laptopmag.com — Learn more about the One Laptop Per Child project and its unique XO Laptop with news, reviews, and hands-on accounts. We even have a diary from Mali, where LAPTOP sponsored a pilot program to give OLPC XOs to a class of 30. OLPC in Mali OLPC's Give 1, ... (more) OLPC - Learn more about One Laptop Per Child and the ...

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Amazon's Give 1, Get 1 OLPC XO program now live
Engadget — ... for $399 you buy one OLPC XO laptop and a second is sent to a child somewhere in the developing world. Same deal as last year only now with the help of Amazon's powerful retail reach. Devices begin shipping in about 30 days -- a bit longer outside the US. Naturally you can also just gift the $199 laptop direct to a kid of OLPC's choosing. About the quickest way to become a donor short of meeting a hotel stranger in possession of roofies and a bathtub full of ice. [Via PC World] Read -- US site (live) Read -- UK site for rest of world ...

OLPC XO give 1 laptop, get 1 now live on Amazon
PR News: — ... you wish to just donate one, then you will pay just $199. One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) association decided to team up with Amazon this year, so that ordering and distribution runs smoother. You will be able to order your XO laptop from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk. The OLPC will take 30 days to ship and longer for those in the UK. All orders that are taken outside the U.S. will go through Amazon’s UK website, and will be delivered in the first quarter of 2009, if not later. Source

Amazon participating in OLPC XO giving mission
CrunchGear — True to its word, Amazon is throwing its global retail reach into the OLPC XO mission this Christmas season. The site is now offering buy-one, send-one to a developing nation notebook program. Or if you as a seasonal philanthropist choose, Amazon will ship one to a child of your choice. ‘Tiss the season of giving, folks. via PC World

OLPC's second program kicks off
jkOnTheRun — ... laptop directly or you can Give 1 Get 1 for $399 which nets you one of the colorful laptops to keep while donating the other to children in a developing country.  Those outside the US who wish to donate can do so at the OLPC Amazon UK address.  If you want a taste for how these laptops can make a difference last year Laptop Magazine donated 30 OLPCs to children in Mali and have chronicled how the laptops impacted the village.  Great stuff. (via PC World) ...