Children are the greatest natural resource of any country, and educating these children is at the root of solving our largest and most complex problems. Yet the best education may not come from sitting in a traditional classroom, but rather through independent interaction and exploration. The development of a 100 laptop will now make this possible for all kids -- especially those in developing nations.
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Any previous doubt that a very-low-cost laptop could be made for education in the developing world has just gone away.Nicholas Negroponte
This selected group of organizations has shown their commitment and leadership in closing the digital divide in emerging countries, focusing on providing access to life-altering technology and information to children across the globe.
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The initial plan is to start with countries that are big and very different to each other,
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Kids will drive this, ... There's no 16-year-old that's not digital. When someone's kids go to college, parents sign up on America Online to send E-mail to their kids.
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Even in the developing parts of the world, kids take to computers like fish to water.
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If you get those kind of results, I'm going to build the machines. There's enough passion and enough kids that are able to do things they were not able to do before that justifies it.
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