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Mon, Jun 8, 2009

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Zimi’s story, recorded for One Laptop per Child in South Africa. The impact of OLPC on education and one child’s life.

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  1. kkbbn53 Says:
    June 8th, 2009 at 1:44 pm

    tenkyou !! u havee chaaaaeeenged ma wold

    LMAO

  2. yego2 Says:
    June 8th, 2009 at 1:44 pm

    You misunderstood me. I was using the ghetto kid story as an example. My point is, you can’t feed ppl forever. You wanna help them, then help them helping themselves, give them access to means to help themselves, like a book or a laptop.

  3. GuitarTube11 Says:
    June 8th, 2009 at 1:44 pm

    This is 1995clockworkkid, just on another accounts, and I agree with all of your points fully. But, the only way that this will work, is if the people have children, and pass on knowledge (demographics say this isn’t a lot), have land for farming, and the supplies needed to grow food, find materials to heal wounds, ect. This is a good idea if these principals are possible. Now, there are a lot of organizations that give food too, but still this is just my opinion, but the laptops are smart.

  4. GuitarTube11 Says:
    June 8th, 2009 at 1:44 pm

    yes, but, there minds should be developed and have land.

  5. GuitarTube11 Says:
    June 8th, 2009 at 1:44 pm

    Yes, and I agree with your point fully.

  6. GuitarTube11 Says:
    June 8th, 2009 at 1:44 pm

    Okay, (this is 1995clockworkkid, I can prove it), you need to stop right there. I come from a well educated community, I don’t do drugs, and I know you need to survive with food. The only way that this theory can work, is if the people have children when they grow older (judging by the demographics, not very likely), but if they do, they have can pass it to the children. And, this could be a good theory, but that being said, food is survival, not immediate material items.

  7. yego2 Says:
    June 8th, 2009 at 1:44 pm

    Yes, you’re missing somthing. What you’re saying is like if you’re a kid living in the projects in the US, you should have no ambition to go to college because you’d address your immediate needs quicker by becoming a drugdealer.

  8. minatorus Says:
    June 8th, 2009 at 1:44 pm

    yea but most teachers and parents there are dumb and they don’t know how to distill water so they get worms+diseases and die, the laptop will help the children learn distillation+hydroponic farming/etc

  9. gifoi Says:
    June 8th, 2009 at 1:44 pm

    Thats really awesome! I am actually gonna tell my friends about this. Its true that developing countries often need to worry about food and water before trivial things, but i think the laptop is a great idea.

  10. KelQvt Says:
    June 8th, 2009 at 1:44 pm

    clockworkkid, maybe thats because you have never had to figure out where to get food or get medical help because in developed countries like ours, most people have never been without

  11. remember8213 Says:
    June 8th, 2009 at 1:44 pm

    but by any chance, this kids will pass down the knowledge to their kids, one day, their life will change…eventhough there’s a chance it may not be, but 1 laptop equals to 1 chance, if everyone is doing it, they will have chanceS to change their future.

  12. 1995clockworkkid Says:
    June 8th, 2009 at 1:44 pm

    it wont feed them. won’t heal their wounds. So Im gonna speak honestly in my opinion here, but, If I was a child like them, well anyone actually, I wouldn’t be thinking to myself….”Oh ya, holy, this has internet explorer, so now I can go on wikipedia, and google, and look up how to grow food, and heal my wounds.”.

  13. 1995clockworkkid Says:
    June 8th, 2009 at 1:44 pm

    uhm…ya, thats true, but the part of that they didn’t say was…the man needs some fish to survive at first!!! and how did you even see my comment, I commented like one year ago. And no, my point was, when you live in a third world country, needing resources i.e. water is more important than letting kids go on wikipedia, for crying out loud. Like, am I missing something here?

  14. almanord59 Says:
    June 8th, 2009 at 1:44 pm

    i remember something someone once told me “give a man a fish you feed him for a day, teach a man to fish and you feed him for life”. i think this applies.

  15. Shamalong680 Says:
    June 8th, 2009 at 1:44 pm

    Won’t they use the computers to look at porn eventually? I mean, puberty will hit.

  16. chess202 Says:
    June 8th, 2009 at 1:44 pm

    uhm its for you 2 buy it not the poor people.
    poor people have to worry about the food and shelter. its just a small luxury we take for granted to these kids

  17. chinaliew Says:
    June 8th, 2009 at 1:44 pm

    a book can cost 100

    this laptop cost 100 but have unlimited information in it via internet ,it is a life saver for the poor and thrist for kwodlege

  18. chinaliew Says:
    June 8th, 2009 at 1:44 pm

    this video is so high quality

  19. chinaliew Says:
    June 8th, 2009 at 1:44 pm

    now we can chat to africa children

  20. daddy617 Says:
    June 8th, 2009 at 1:44 pm

    Angleboot, do some research before you comment on something you have no clue about. OLPC has taken that into mind when they developed the XO, it can be powered by a hand crank and the laptop was designed to operate in environments just as Zimi’s.

  21. Dubbel14 Says:
    June 8th, 2009 at 1:44 pm

    There are many organisations trying to help the people with food. The problem: When food is so cheap in these countries, in which organisation delivered food, the local farmers lose their job.
    So many organisations tryed to help this way, but OLPC now trys another way!
    We will see wheather it will work…

  22. ANGLEBOOT Says:
    June 8th, 2009 at 1:44 pm

    Well Zimi, my country is easy to say. Don’t worry, it won’t be long my country will look just like yours.
    Oh and to have a laptop you’ll first have to get electricity. Helps to charge the batteries to turn it on.

  23. NakedCreep Says:
    June 8th, 2009 at 1:44 pm

    Also known as, “Riphabuḽiki ya Afurika Tshipembe” and, “Riphabliki ra Afrika Dzonga”

  24. VioletaG1979 Says:
    June 8th, 2009 at 1:44 pm

    This Foundation has very good intentions, but really, wouldn’t it be better to supply the children with food, clean water,schools, vaccines and decent roof over their heads?

    This laptops surely would be more useful being in the hands of local teachers.

    Again, the intention is very noble, but to me the priorities are not set right.

  25. cam31594 Says:
    June 8th, 2009 at 1:44 pm

    YOUR WRONG “SOUTH” AFRICA IS A COUNTRY! moron

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