One laptop per child

At the 2005 AIGA convention in Boston, I heard Nicholas Negroponte make a presentation about his $100 laptop computer project. It was an inspired idea, to produce accessible technology for the poorest of countries. Although the current laptops cost $200, that vision has produced "One Laptop per Child", an iniative to get this affordable technology to impoverished countries. "OLPC is a non-profit organization providing a means to an end—an end that sees children in even the most remote regions of the globe being given the opportunity to tap into their own potential, to be exposed to a whole world of ideas, and to contribute to a more productive and saner world community."

 

Give One Get One

Between November 12 and November 26, for a donation of $399, one laptop will be sent to a child in Afghanistan, Cambodia, Haiti or Rwanda and one will be sent to a child in your life in recognition of the contribution. (It would be nice to give one of these laptops to a local child in need.)

UPPERCASE initiative

On the December First Thursday (December 6th), we will be donating a portion of our store and online sales towards a laptop donation. More details will be posted at the beginning of the month.