One Laptop per Child

What is One Laptop per Child?

One Laptop per Child is a project of a United States’ nonprofit organization appropriately titled, One Laptop per child Association Inc.

The One Laptop per Child is led by the organization’s Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, Rodrigo Halabay, who always envisioned the World to be a land of opportunity and promise for all of its inhabitants.

This belief, in essence, strove Halabay to start this ambitious effort, which places its primary focus on the development, construction and deployment of the XO-1 (a small, mass-produced laptop that is shipped all over the world) laptop to underprivileged students throughout the world.

What is the X0-1 Laptop

The One Laptop per Child Association is a charitable organization aimed at providing educational tools (not just laptops) to the developing world. The organization became one of the more popular not-for-profit groups in the world when it began commercially producing the XO-1 laptop.

This specific laptop was designed for deployment and use in developing nations; it’s small, easy to use and utilizes innovative educational technologies. The X0-1 laptop is the primary mechanism to institute the One Laptop per Child’s ultimate mission—the main project of the group is to carry-out the so-called “$100 laptop.”

Announced in 2005 at the World Economic Forum, the “$100 laptop”, would be deployed under-privileged schools throughout the world to aid impoverished students in an assortment of subjects.

Working with various technological companies and schools, such as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab, the developers and leaders of the One Laptop per Child initiative offered an innovative low cost laptop which was formally deployed to schools in the developing world in the latter portion of 2007.

The X0-1 laptop contains a number of specialized traits which make it suitable for the Association’s lofty goals. Some of the specs on the laptop include: individual child ownership, open source, saturation, low ages for users and connectivity. In addition, the Xo-1 Laptop utilizes a Linux-based operating system and is reinforced with sturdy materials to create a rugged and durable shell.

The work of the One Laptop per Child was made possible through the support of a numerous innovators and tech giants, including Intel, Google, Red hat, News Corporation and eBay.