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June 23, 2008
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Colleen Simard

Just before Christmas, I challenged readers to contribute to the "Give one, get one" program offered by the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) foundation. The "Give one, get one" program was simple -- buy one XO laptop and it gets donated to a child in a developing country. Then you get an XO laptop sent to your home.

I challenged people to donate the XO laptop they received to me. Then I'd donate them to aboriginal children right here in Manitoba. By the new year I'd gotten e-mails from several people.

Marty Dolin, Marge Hildebrand and Earl Yetman all decided to take the challenge with me.

Nicholas Negroponte, an MIT computer scientist, started OLPC about three years ago. Its ...

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