[IAEP] Fwd: OLPC Afghanistan starting! volunteers needed

[Chris Leonard]

It would be good if information like this made it onto the wiki

Possibly on pages like this (which could use some wiki love and
reorganization):

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Afghanistan

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Afghanistan_Team

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Afghan_volunteer

cjl


On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 6:33 PM, Samuel Klein <sj at laptop.org> wrote:

> One of OLPC's partners in Afghanistan, PAIWASTOON, is looking for
> in-country volunteers to help with university outreach and
> software/tool development.
>
> They especially need two software developers to help build their team.
>
> OLPC in Afghanistan have over 10,000 XOs to work with in the coming
> months, and PAIWASTOON can offer basic travel and living stipends.
> Below is the original call for assistance from Svetla, one of their
> program organizers, and a leaflet they have made.
>
> You can contact her directly (svetla >at<  paiwastoon.com.af ) for
> more information, or follow up on the grassroots mailing list.  Please
> pass this on to anyone who might be interested!
>
> SJ
>
>
> ===========================================
> Dear All,
>
>
> Perhaps Afghanistan is not the first place you think of when considering
> your next vacation or internship.  But since OLPC are donating 10,000 G1G1
> machines Afghanistan and is working with the top level of the Ministry of
> Education this could very well become a showpiece for OLPC in S. Asia.
>
> We are looking for 2 Interns / Graduates / Motivated volunteers to help us
> building the capacity of the local team.  We need to operate university
> outreach programs, training, and a fair bit of direct server config in
> advance of having sufficient locally built capacity.   We are looking
> through various graduate/student/internship organisations.
>
> We can offer flight support, accommodation, and a living stipend.
>
> Afghanistan day to day in most provinces and most places remains pretty
> safe - one can walk around, go out, visit people using taxis or your own
> car.  Driving can be just a little chaotic, but nowhere near as bad as in
> India.  If you look beyond the media there is a lot to see here,
> hospitality that even exceeds other developing countries, and really rapid
> progress.  There are some places (like the south) that are dangerous, but
> in Kabul and the north things are pretty stable.  One just needs to know
> places to go to and places to stay away from (like military bases, big
> foreigner parties, etc).
>
> Right now we are half way through setting up an open source localisation
> team for Afghanistan and building the open source community.  For those of
> you who are more interested in remote contributions to Afghanistan
> specifically, a chance is here too.
>
> Afghanistan could be the case study that shows the ability of the XO to be
> at the center of redevelopment. If we can make the XO work here - then we
> can prove to the world that it can work almost anywhere!  You might hear
> on the news about the chronic waste of money out here, the hundreds of
> millions missing, wasted, and worse. And you know how cost effectively the
> XO can change that.  The great thing about Afghanistan, is being a
> development work in progress, we can together, and will, improve that
> situation.  I hope we can find some people to join us on the ground and
> help make that happen.
>
> For info about OLPC Afghanistan please visit www.olpc.af.
>
> Thanks/Regards,
>
> -Svetla
>
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