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ARAHUAY, Peru - Doubts about whether poor, rural children really can benefit from quirky little computers evaporate as quickly as the morning dew in this hilltop Andean village, where 50 primary school children got machines from the One Laptop Per Child project six months ago. These offspring of peasant families whose monthly earnings rarely exceed the cost of one of the $188 laptops — people who can ill afford pencil and paper much less books — can't get enough of their "XO" laptops.
This article is the best Christmas present I have ever had.
Now my wife and I are proud that we bought two. Having
lived in the Third-World we know that there will be changes
to many peoples lives because of ventures like the OLPC.
Please read this article with an open mind. Even if your
mind is closed, read it. When a five year old has to watch
their younger siblings because the six year old has to go work
in the fields with the parents you are not ever going to break
the cycle of abject poverty, wasted lives and dictatorships.
With the OLPC the school can be in the home. The school
can be anywhere.
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Please read this article with an open mind. Even if your mind is closed, read it. When a five year old has to watch their younger siblings because the six year old has to go work in the fields with the parents you are not ever going to break the cycle of abject poverty, wasted lives and dictatorships. With the OLPC the school can be in the home. The school can be anywhere.
Here is a project that is using the OLPC: http://www.umeebee.com/