Give 1 XO Laptop, Get 1
Computer giving program to empower a children in developing nations

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Starting November 12, One Laptop Per Child will be offering a Give 1 Get 1 Program for a brief window of time in North America. For $399, you will be purchasing two XO laptops—one that will be sent to empower a child to learn in a developing nation, and one that will be sent to your child at home.

The One Laptop per Child Foundation, started in 2005, plans to offer the laptops to Americans and Canadians through a $399 holiday charity program that covers the cost of providing a second machine to a child overseas.

The foundation is supported by individuals, businesses and foundations. Contributions large and small are used to support grassroots learning innovations throughout the lesser-developed world.

The nonprofit group said production of the new low-cost laptop computer for children in developing countries had started mass production of its first product, the lime-green-and-white XO laptop computer, at a factory in Changshu, China.

The milestone could shake up the PC industry by ushering in a new era of low-cost computing for a market broader than school children. Intel has already developed the Classmate PC for the education market in developing countries. laptopgiving.org