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This is only a preliminary proposal.
Business model: [[User:Mokurai/Earth Treasury|Earth Treasury]] combination of XOs, Sugar, electricity, Internet access, [[textbook]] contracts, and microfinance.
* A university connection as a local human resource
**[http://www.uew.edu.gh/ University of Education, Winneba], is a partner in the [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Ghana#Large-Scale_Deployment Ghanaian government XO project], and a partner of Earth Treasury through [http://www.onevillagefoundation.org/ovf/ovf_ghana_index.html OneVillage Ghana].
* A local pilot user group from which to learn
** [http://www.basicsinternational.org/ BASICS International] Nana's House school in Accra
* A local passion or sub-goal that provides a rationale for the work
**OneVillage Ghana [http://www.onevillagefoundation.org/ovf/projects/ovf_ghana/wo-div.html Open Digital Village] program
* Bi-directional communication with the global Sugar community and other Sugar Labs
**Of course.
* A sustainable and well-defined entrepreneurship model
** [http://www.novica.com/ E-commerce] for families of students
** IT businesses and [http://www.offshorexperts.com/index.cfm/fa/buyer.profile/p/179857 outsourcing] when students have learned enough
** Other opportunities as they arise
* A program to reach out to local free-software community and local industry
** [http://www.wilugghana.org/ Winneba LUG]
** Local businesses that already support the school
* Other resources
** [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Ghana OLPC Ghana]
** [http://ole.org/about/ole-centers/ole-ghana/ OLE Ghana]
** Ghanaian government purchase of 10,000 XOs, first step in [http://www.graphicghana.com/default.asp?sdetail=5535 plan] to give XOs to all Ghanaian schoolchildren ages 5-12
** [http://www.moess.gov.gh/ Ghana Ministry of Education, Science and Sports]
** English is the language of instruction
Business model: [[User:Mokurai/Earth Treasury|Earth Treasury]] combination of XOs, Sugar, electricity, Internet access, [[textbook]] contracts, and microfinance.
* A university connection as a local human resource
**[http://www.uew.edu.gh/ University of Education, Winneba], is a partner in the [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Ghana#Large-Scale_Deployment Ghanaian government XO project], and a partner of Earth Treasury through [http://www.onevillagefoundation.org/ovf/ovf_ghana_index.html OneVillage Ghana].
* A local pilot user group from which to learn
** [http://www.basicsinternational.org/ BASICS International] Nana's House school in Accra
* A local passion or sub-goal that provides a rationale for the work
**OneVillage Ghana [http://www.onevillagefoundation.org/ovf/projects/ovf_ghana/wo-div.html Open Digital Village] program
* Bi-directional communication with the global Sugar community and other Sugar Labs
**Of course.
* A sustainable and well-defined entrepreneurship model
** [http://www.novica.com/ E-commerce] for families of students
** IT businesses and [http://www.offshorexperts.com/index.cfm/fa/buyer.profile/p/179857 outsourcing] when students have learned enough
** Other opportunities as they arise
* A program to reach out to local free-software community and local industry
** [http://www.wilugghana.org/ Winneba LUG]
** Local businesses that already support the school
* Other resources
** [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Ghana OLPC Ghana]
** [http://ole.org/about/ole-centers/ole-ghana/ OLE Ghana]
** Ghanaian government purchase of 10,000 XOs, first step in [http://www.graphicghana.com/default.asp?sdetail=5535 plan] to give XOs to all Ghanaian schoolchildren ages 5-12
** [http://www.moess.gov.gh/ Ghana Ministry of Education, Science and Sports]
** English is the language of instruction