[IAEP] Laptops?!?

[Gerald Ardito]

Adam,

This email, and the whole project, is incredibly inspiring.
Thanks.

Gerald

On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 1:17 AM, Adam Holt <holt at laptop.org> wrote:

>  By Carmina, one of many Haitian-American
> bloggers/entrepreneurs/educators/open sourcerers I met in NYC Saturday, *willing
> to Take a Stand for Haiti:*
>
>
> Laptops?!?
>
> My good  friend Mike asked puzzled. And  I understood his reaction because
> I had the same one at first.
>
> Haiti ’s children don’t need laptops; they need food, shelter, the basic
> stuff…
>
> I’m grateful that others have the skills and the opportunity to go to Haiti
> and help with those basic needs.
>
> I applaud their efforts and admire their courage: unfortunately, I don’t
> have the skills  or opportunity to do so myself.
>
> Almost a month has passed already…It’s time to build Haiti back!
>
> It’s not going to happen overnight and it’s not going to happen by itself.
>
> It’s starts with everyone doing a little bit, where they are, when they
> can.
>
> So I’m doing the little bit I can by actively supporting 2 organizations in
> which mission I believe in.
>
> What motivates and excites me about the One Laptop Per Child<http://www.laptop.org>/
> Waveplace <http://www.waveplace.org> project is its potential to impact
>
> the next generation of Haitians,  out of which future parents, citizens,
> mayors, senators and even presidents will come from.
>
> I see a potential to open the minds of our children to other realities,
> other worlds,  give them new dreams, broader horizons.
>
> So last Saturday at a CrisisCamp <http://www.crisiscommons.org> in NYC,
> when I heard Adam Holt and Allison Bland, exhausted from an early morning
> train ride from Boston to NY
>
> talked enthusiastically about this project I saw a chance to make a
> difference.
>
> No matter how small my part would be.
>
> Then I witnessed something awesome:  people were gathering around them,
> coming together, rallying around this project.
>
> The ideas started flowing,  out of the box ideas.
>
> Suddenly, a simple translation project request became a movement to
> revolutionize the educational system  in Haiti.
>
> 2 days later, we have a coloring book project under way, translation
> parties in the works, blogs, websites, publishers/authors
>
> willing to giving us permission to make their children Creole books into
> e-books, an active and growing online community of a people exchanging ideas
> and
>
> ready to make a difference in anyway they can. Wow! If we can do that in 2
> days, what can we do in 1 week, 1 month, 1 year!
>
> Yes, I realize that it’s a drop in the ocean, but if you could even
> indirectly impact the future of 1 child of Haiti,
>
> Would it not have been worth your while?
>
> You can help!
>
> Join our community at The New Haiti Project<http://newhaitiproject.ning.com/group/onelaptopperchildwaveplaceproject>
> .
>
> Donate 1 hour of your time to translate material from English to Creole
>
> Start here: http://translate.sugarlabs.org/ht/<http://translate.sugarlabs.org/>
>
>
>  [ Originally published at: http://RaiseUpHaiti.com - *Rebuilding Haiti by
> Educating its Future Leaders* ]
> [ Carmina is now translation volunteer coordinator for:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Haitian_Creole_Translation_for_Education ]
>
>
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