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==One Laptop Per Child Afghanistan==
==One Laptop Per Child Afghanistan==
This is the new Official Wiki page for "One Laptop Per Child Afghanistan" project.
This is the Official SUGAR-LABS Wiki page for "One Laptop Per Child Afghanistan" project.
*[[Image:OLPC-Dari.jpg|One Laptop Per Child Afghanistan-Dari]]
*[[Image:OLPC-Dari.jpg|One Laptop Per Child Afghanistan-Dari]]
==Volunteer Team==
==Volunteer Team==
#[mailto:usman.mansour@gmail.com '''Usman Mansour Ansari''']
#[mailto:usman.mansour@gmail.com '''Usman Mansour Ansari''']
#[mailto:sohaib@paieastoon.com.af '''Sohaib Obaidi Ebtihaj''']
#[mailto:sohaib@paiwastoon.com.af '''Sohaib Obaidi Ebtihaj''']
[http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Afghanistan_Team Read More about the OLPC Afghanistan volunteers here.]
[http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Afghanistan_Team Read More about the OLPC Afghanistan volunteers here.]
OLPC technical implementation team started working on 19th of November 2008. We are now in the process of finalizing localization of laptop into Dari and Pashto, preparing training materials for teacher trainings, do some power testing experiments and much more! First laptops shall be deployed during December time into Ningarhar province and after winter holidays we will continue with other provinces.
OLPC technical implementation team started working on 19th of November 2008. We are now in the process of finalizing localization of laptop into Dari and Pashto, preparing training materials for teacher trainings, do some power testing experiments and much more! First laptops shall be deployed during December time into Ningarhar province and after winter holidays we will continue with other provinces.
For detailed info about OLPC Afghanistan, please visit official [http://www.olpc.af OLPC Afghanistan Website] or [http://www.olpc.blogsky.com OLPC Afghanistan Blog].
For detailed info about OLPC Afghanistan, please visit official [http://www.olpc.af OLPC Afghanistan Website] or [http://www.olpc.blogsky.com OLPC Afghanistan Blog].
You can also join the [[OLPC_Afghanistan_Team|OLPC Afghanistan volunteer team]].
You can also join the [[http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Afghanistan_Team|OLPC Afghanistan volunteer team]].
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<b>Main responsibilities:</b>
<b>Main responsibilities:</b>
*Community Building for OLPC Afghanistan, i.e community promotion of OLPC AF around the world, manage and update Facebook & other related groups , send news mails, update blogs etc.
*Community Building for OLPC Afghanistan, i.e community promotion of OLPC AF around the world, manage and update Facebook & other related groups , send news mails, update blogs etc.
*Update OLPC Afghanistan [http://www.opc.af Website]
*Update OLPC Afghanistan [http://www.olpc.af Website]
*Send news around OLPC forums (grassroots, wiki and other online related sites...)
*Send news around OLPC forums (grassroots, wiki and other online related sites...)
*Deputy for the Economic Development of OLPC Afghanistan.
*Deputy for the Economic Development of OLPC Afghanistan.
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*<b>Position:</b> Economic Development Officer
*<b>Responsible Person:</b> [mailto:gulistani@paiwastoon.com.af '''Asmat Gulistani''']
<b>Main responsibilities:</b>
*Generating ideas, collecting data about trainings, research etc.
*To provide with relevant information to parents and which would help them with education and most importantly to increase the family income.
=Deployment News=
Finally after 1 month OLPC-AF got 10 XO's for test lab for its office in PAIWASTOON from the Ministry of Education Afghanistan. These XO's are used for experiments and testings in OLPC-AF Office by its technical team, inorder to develop and test new activities and software for XO's.
Also we got two Educational Trainers from MoE as well, for training master trainers, who may train teachers of projected pilot schools.
In its first deployment plan OLPC-AF provides 900 XO's to every single kid in a school in grades 1-6 in Jalalabad city of Ningarhar province. The school name has still not been declared. Right now we have only 500 XO's in country. We would like to deploy XOs during last week of January. As we do not have sufficient amount of XO's currently available here we would like to deploy to all children in selected grades at first - we will make sure that all children in those grades receive XO's and once we receive remaining amount from OLPC we would deploy XO's to the rest.
Localization of XO's into Afghan languages (Dari & Pashto) is almost in its final stages, Pashto translation is completed both in [https://dev.laptop.org/translate/ps/ pootle online translation server] as well as our [http://translate.olpc.af/main.php?root=10 Entrans translation server], Dari translation is completed offline and now is been uploading to the [https://dev.laptop.org/translate/fa_AF/ pootle server] and the translation over [http://translate.olpc.af/main.php?root=13 Entrans] is also going well. Beside the final touches to the translation/verification of strings our localization team is loading files into online translation software inorder to put them into the XO's and waiting for MoE, MoCIT & ACSA to approve the translations. Then that will be tested and uploaded to the XO machines before the deployment.
Our software developer are developing a literacy game for Dari and Pashto languages together with Afghan satellite teachers. Our Technical Trainers and User Service Officers are almost finished with documents for support of teachers; e.g. Teacher & Student User Manuals, online libraries etc.
=Lets Explore XO=
ONE LAPTOP PER CHILD, That’s our name and our vision. We want to create education opportunities for the world poorest children. By providing each and everyone for the rapid, low cost, low power connected laptop.
"XO" a computer unlike the any other, designed specifically to work in tough conditions and remote areas. It comes packed with software inductivities to help kids learn, explore, create and share. No matter what language they speak or where they live, the XO connects them to each other to the world and to a brighter future.
We are non-profit organization, which makes these kids our mission, not our market. That’s why that, wherever the XO goes, there are five core principles, everyone agrees to:
#First kids get to keep the laptops, they have to be free to take them home and use them whenever they want. That’s a kind of point.
#We are focused on the early education, which means kids about 6 to 12 years old.
#We have to deal in large numbers of laptops, so whole the classrooms and schools get them at the same time. So no-one gets left away.
#Kids should have a connection to the internet, because there are neat stuff to learn on the internet
#Finally, the XO must include free and open source software. Then the laptop itself can easily grow and adapt with the needs of the child.
So in the nut shell, that’s us.
An organization that makes a small computer to serve a big cause. Bringing education to the children all over the world with ONE LAPTOP PER CHILD.
**<u>The real question is, WHY?</u>
<b>Why give a laptop to a child who may have no electricity or even running water?</b>
That’s a very good question.
But, if you substitute the world <b>a laptop</b> with <b>education</b>, the answer becomes clear.
You don’t stop education, until all other challenges are solved. You do them at the same time, because education is the foundation of the other solutions.
That’s why we designed the XO to work in the places that needed it the most.
*Rapid, because these are kids after all, and kids stand to be, well, KIDS.
*Low cost, so we can make a lot of them for very little, low power. So even in places with no electricity, it can be charged with alternate sources like solar power.
*Connected, so kids can access the internet, share files with each other and collaborate on projects.
*The XO also has a screen; you can read in direct sun light. Because many of the children go the schools at doors.
*The XO comes with a built-in web-cam for pictures and video clips on the tone of education focused software.
All these features and many many more add up to one incredible result. When the XO comes to a classroom or village, kids get engaged, inspired, they go to school more after and stay there longer. They draw pictures, play music, make movies, and write stories. They figure out, how to do new things and begin to teach each other and even the parents. With the XO, kids learn to solve their own challenges and one day, they might even help us solve ours.
*-That’s how will change the world and that’s the best answer to; WHY GIVE A LAPTOP?
*-<i>So give a laptop, Change the world.</i>
Here are two slideshows about the introduction to OLPC XO's in English and Dari.
*[[Image:Slide0018_image029.jpg]]
*[http://olpcafghan.persiangig.com/Meet%20the%20XO.htm Meet the OLPC XO (English)]
*[http://olpcafghan.persiangig.com/Meet%20the%20XO-Farsi.htm Meet the OLPC XO (Dari)]