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The One Laptop Per Child Project (also known as OLPC) association
develops a low-cost laptop—the "XO Laptop"—to revolutionize the
education of world's children. The mission is "to provide educational
opportunities for the world's poorest children by providing each child
with a rugged, low-cost, low-power, connected laptop with content and
software designed for collaborative, joyful, self-empowered learning."
When children have access to this type of tool they get engaged in
their own education. They learn, share, create, and collaborate. They
become connected to each other, to the world and to a brighter future.

It’s not a laptop project. It’s an education project.

The XO is a potent learning tool designed and built especially for
children in developing countries, living in some of the most remote
environments. It’s about the size of a small textbook. It has built-in
wireless and a unique screen that is readable under direct sunlight
for children who go to school outdoors. It’s extremely durable,
brilliantly functional, energy-efficient, and fun.

In India, the OLPC effort begun with an effort at Khairat, a rural
village near Navi Mumbai in Maharashtra during September 2007. After
the successful stories of Khairat, Bangalore, Nashik, Dugawar...now
it's the turn of Pune.

OLPC-Pune is a group formed with volunteers, primarily students in
collaboration with Digital Bridge Foundation. The aim of the group is
to work on areas of : learning, technology and outreach. Currently
around 35 member strong, the group can be reached via the e-mail ID
olpc-india@googlegroups.com GNUnify09 was the event which got folks
interested in the program together and OLPC-Pune was jumpstarted to
work towards the success of the vision of the OLPC Project.

As part of the task lists, the OLPC-Pune group has identified schools
where the project can be implemented. Additionally, the volunteers are
working on creating content and programs that are relevant to the
local culture and needs. They are also involved in contributing to the
localization of the User Interface of the Operating System into
Marathi so as to facilitate wider adoption.

The OLPC-Pune group is always on the look out for participants,
volunteers and contributors. The areas to get involved include
developing software applications which the children would find useful
and learn about the subjects using these applications, funds to
sustain the deployment and maintenance of OLPC initiatives in and
around Pune. Currently, the group meets approximately every 15 days to
discuss technology, work out support related issues and, have lots of
fun trying out new applications on the XO hardware.

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