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Subject:    [Localization] Fwd: Work with OLPC (possibly in Vietnam)?
From:       Clytie Siddall <clytie () riverland ! net ! au>
Date:       2010-04-13 9:27:32
Message-ID: 79A2B6BF-3788-4B75-8D67-1BA8DDD37456 () riverland ! net ! au
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To: OLPC Localization list; Nancie Severs and Marina (OLPC Vietnam)

Hi everyone :)

Today I received a response to my email (quoted further down) to CBM, a great \
organization working with kids with disabilities in third-world countries. These guys \
find the most marginalized kids and make a big difference. It occurred to me that CBM \
and OLPC could work together. My own experience since being so ill is that computers \
make a huge difference to a disabled person. Without computer access, I would be \
completely cut off from the world, unable to communicate, make choices or contribute. \
So I think of how an XO could change the life of a disabled kid, for example in \
Vietnam...

So, how do we set this up? Whom should CBM contact?

Thanks for any help you can offer. :)

Clytie

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Shannon Harmer <SHarmer@cbm.org.au>
> Date: 12 April 2010 1:25:38 PM ACST
> To: "clytie@riverland.net.au" <clytie@riverland.net.au>
> Subject: RE: Work with OLPC (possibly in Vietnam)?
> 
> Dear Clytie,
> 
> Thank you for contacting CBM, my apologies for the delayed response to your \
> enquiry. 
> In answer to your questions, CBM Australia does support a number of projects in \
> Vietnam. The OLPC project sounds like a great initiative. Is there any intention of \
> OLPC to target persons with disabilities in Vietnam? Do you personally work for \
> OLPC? Who is appropriate contact person to discuss the project with? 
> What happens from here is once I have the appropriate contact details, I will \
> forward your suggestion for partnership to the Regional Office in Vietnam who will \
> decide how to proceed from there. Should they be in contact with OLPC it may not be \
> immediate, as they receive a lot of enquiries of this nature and do not always have \
> the resources to contact everyone. 
> 
> Thanks again,
> 
> 
> 
> Shannon Harmer
> International Programmes Admin Officer
> cbm Australia, 56 Rutland Road, Box Hill VIC 3128
> Phone: +61 3 8843 4564 * Fax: +61 3 8843 4545 * www.cbm.org.au
> 
> 
> ----Original Message-----
> From: Clytie Siddall [mailto:clytie@riverland.net.au]
> Sent: Thursday, 4 March 2010 7:50 PM
> To: cbmaus
> Cc: Nancie Severs
> Subject: Work with OLPC (possibly in Vietnam)?
> 
> To: CBM Australia
> Cc: (FYI) Nancie Severs, OLPC Vietnam
> 
> G'day :)
> 
> I'm a regular supporter of yours, but also involved in a number of open-source \
> software projects internationally. I have a couple of questions: 
> 1. Do you operate in Vietnam?
> 
> 2. In any case, would you be willing to cooperate with the OLPC (One Laptop Per \
> Child) project? 
> http://laptop.org/en/
> 
> Initially, as a free-software Vietnamese translator, I would love to see this \
> happen in Vietnam. I am a member of the OLPC project, and have recently made \
> contact with OLPC staff engaged in projects in Vietnam. 
> http://olpc.vn/
> 
> However, if you don't operate in Vietnam, hopefully we could set this up in other \
> countries which need it just as badly. 
> OLPC gets basic laptops to needy kids all over the world. They try to target \
> vulnerable communities, but IIRC they haven't done anything for disabled kids. As a \
> severely-disabled person myself, I am keenly aware of the huge difference computers \
> make to my quality of life (without my laptop I would spend all my time just \
> staring at the opposite wall), so I'd really like to help setup a cooperative \
> effort between CBM and OLPC. 
> What do you think?
> 
> from Clytie
> 
> Clytie Siddall -- Renmark, in the Riverland of South Australia
> 
> Apologies if this email is badly written or difficult to understand: due to \
> illness, the writer has cognitive problems, has great difficulty typing and is \
> severely debilitated.

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