Mobile Ministry Magazine: OLPC extends "Give One, Get One" program to December 31 (MMM)

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Monday, November 26, 2007

OLPC extends "Give One, Get One" program to December 31

We posted a few times on the OLPC and made a case on how it would make for a great means to jumpstart tech-based missions efforts via the Give One Get One program. Well, it seems that the program has been extended to Dec 31, according to Ars Technica.

From the Give One Get One Website:

Since November 12th, OLPC has been offering a limited-time Give One Get One program in the United States and Canada. During Give One Get One, you can donate the revolutionary XO laptop to a child in a developing nation, and also receive one for the child in your life in recognition of your contribution. Thanks to a growing interest in the program, we are extending Give One Get One until the end of the year. Through this extension, and the increasing public interest in OLPC, we hope to give many more children the opportunity to grow, explore, learn and express themselves.

I know it is the holiday season, and there are probably a boat-load of other charities that might be nipping at your heels, but think of this from the perspective that you are not going to just be able to donate to a solid cause, but there will be opportunities for you or your kids to be able to work alongside other receipents to help enable others to sustain their communities in tech-based fields. Doing so with the mind and heart of Christ as the motivation should make for a lot of solid engagement.

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