OLPC Give One, Get One shipping information gets posted

We know quite a few of you out there have participated in OLPC's Give One, Get One program, but if you've been sitting around all uneasy like waiting for some official shipping information, open wide. According to new information posted to the Laptop Giving website, only those in the US who made their purchase / donation by November 12th can expect their machine before Christmas, and any orders placed beyond that date have varying scheduled delivery ranges. Of note, OLPC does say that it's trying to ship out as many laptops as possible before the holidays, but alas, no promises are given out either way. Also, the donated lappies will reported be headed to children in Afghanistan, Cambodia, Haiti, Mongolia or Rwanda in early 2008. Keep check on the read link for updated time frames as well as Canadian shipment estimations.

[wayan @ Dec 2nd 2007 8:05AM]

Yo Engadget, you need to make that "Do note" geographic reference a little more prominent. It looks like Canadian G1G1 participants might be getting the long end of the shipping stick: http://www.olpcnews.com/sales_talk/g1g1/xo_laptop_christmas_delivery.html

[Charbax @ Dec 2nd 2007 9:14AM]

OLPC has received confirmed signed paid-for orders for more than 650,000 laptops today to be delivered over the next days and weeks to Peru, Uruguay, Mexico, Ethiopia and other countries: http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2007/12/01/one_laptop_per_child_orders_surge/

Uruguay has just received the first 1000 non-pilot delivery, will get 7000 more within the next two weeks and 90 thousand within the next months: http://radian.org/notebook/first-deployment

[N30 G30 @ Dec 2nd 2007 9:42AM]

I love this program!

This is my second favorite program next the the World Food Programme's um... program to give kids food enough for their whole family only if they go to school. "Teach a man to fish..."

[Paul @ Dec 2nd 2007 10:10AM]

The Email In Question


Thank you for being one of the first to participate
in Give One Get One.
All of us at One Laptop per Child were inspired by the number of people who joined our Give One Get One program on its very first day! Your participation makes you part of the growing community of people working to give children all over the world new opportunities to grow, explore, learn and express themselves.


Your XO laptop is on the way.
Your donated XO laptop will soon be delivered into the hands of a child in Afghanistan, Cambodia, Haiti, Mongolia or Rwanda. In one of our recipient children's own words, "I want to thank you people because you had given us the laptop and I love it so much." Your generosity will make a world of difference in these children's lives, and in the future of their respective countries.

Thanks to your early action, your XO laptop is scheduled to be delivered between December 14 and December 24. Our "first day" donors are our highest priority and we are making every effort to deliver your XO laptop(s) as soon as possible. We will send you an update upon shipment.


The Mesh Network

Share and play with friends.
Once you receive your XO laptop, you will begin to discover all the features that make it so remarkable. One of the most ingenious features of the XO laptop is its ability to create a "mesh" network. The little green antennae "ears" serve to automatically connect the XO with other XO laptops in the vicinity. What this means is that if your child has friends nearby that also have XO laptops, the children can chat, play and share information freely and safely, with or without an internet connection. If you would like to let other parents know about the XO laptop and Give One Get One, you can not only greatly increase your child's enjoyment of the XO laptop, but also help us further our mission.
Send To A Friend





You are part of something big.
As a participant in Give One Get One, you have become a member of an international educational movement. Our goal is to create a web-based learning environment built around the XO laptop that will allow children in the U.S. and Canada to use their XOs to learn about the lives and experiences of children using XOs in the developing world, and vice versa. We also hope to bring together the world's educators and software developers into a volunteer, global community that will provide essential feedback about how to improve the XO, as well as help create dynamic, open-source educational content that will engage and inspire children all over the world.

We will be creating an OLPC Community section on our website that will provide more information. We hope to see you there!

Once again, from all of us at One Laptop per Child, thank you for helping us bring education and connection to children in even the most remote regions of the globe

[Craig @ Dec 2nd 2007 10:23AM]

As I ordered ours on 11/20, I didn't expect it to arrive by the holidays, so if it gets here even by the end of 2007, I'd be delighted. Or, rather, my daughter will be delighted. Yes...that's it.

[kingofwale @ Dec 2nd 2007 12:10PM]

How about a "friend-code" chat thing through the laptop I bought to the one I donated? So I can actually find out more about this supposedly under-privilege child I'm supporting. And if the laptop helped him in any way.

More transparently would definitely be greatly appreciated, Not that I'm saying the program is not to be trusted, I mean, What kind of charity/government would take advantage of such great problem for their own gains?

;),

[ZeroCorpse @ Dec 2nd 2007 9:31PM]

I eagerly look forward to seeing thousands of these things on ebay next month.

Will they be priced low, or will they be priced as "rare items"??? Let's wait and see!