One laptop per child: Can it be done?
An Australian charity is on a mission to foster better educational opportunities for the Pacific’s poorest children by providing each child with a low-cost, low-power, connected laptop with content and software.
An Australian charity is on a mission to foster better educational opportunities for the Pacific’s poorest children by providing each child with a low-cost, low-power, connected laptop with content and software.Over 1.7 million children in the Pacific Islands are aged between six and 12 years, and half of these children do not have access to their developing nation’s education system because they live in rural or remote areas. Many children in remote
Australia also face the same hurdles to education as those in the Pacific (namely a sense of isolation and small size), but are fortunate to be within a developed nation. The charity has already committed to supplying 5,000 machines to the Pacific (every child in Nieue already has a laptop thanks to the initiative) and will also supply laptops to qualifying Australian schools and non-profit organisations. To find out more, call 02 9011 5635 or visit www.laptop.org.au
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