LINK to Official OLPC site

This post might be a bit out of scope for Giving for the Global Good, but as a fairly serious geek in tune with the current events relative to the various initiatives to find a way to help educate the children of the world and ramp them up the mainstream western industrialized nations about things like the Internet and the World Wide Web, I just wanted to make a quick post about OLPC (One Laptop per Child) Nicholas Negroponte’s initiative to give the third world’s children laptops and the access to the Internet.

Ivan Krsti comments on the challenges of the OLPC and the contentious issues of Windows verses Open Source and really seems to drill down to the important core issues of this subject in his recent post, found here on slashdot

and here on the core blog post LINK

TakingITGlobal

Our world is increasingly global and interconnected. Many threats face our common humanity, such as global poverty, war and conflict, HIV/AIDS, and environmental degradation. TakingITGlobal provides access to the information required to understand and act on global issues. Our mission is to provide opportunities for learning, capacity-building, cross-cultural awareness and self-development through the use of Information and Communication Technologies. Because once you have the information, you can share it.

Young people are most powerful as co-owners in our own development process. That’s why TakingITGlobal is focused on encouraging involvement. By leveraging the power of social networks and digital media, we’ve created a tool for learning, collaboration, dialogue and action that is completely interactive.

Our flagship program, TakingITGlobal.org, has become the most popular online community for young people interested in connecting across cultures and making a difference. Hundreds of thousands of people visit the site each month to share their unique knowledge, perspectives and experiences.

Throughout all of our online and offline programming, TakingITGlobal aims to:

* Strengthen the capacity of young people as leaders and citizens
* Foster cross-cultural dialogue and understanding
* Increase awareness and involvement in global issues

As a charity, we work with global partners that include United Nations agencies, major companies and youth-focused organizations. Our projects with these partners provide additional opportunities for our members to engage in a range of global issues.

Tinkosong

Tinkosong.com is a team of young Malaysians who are dedicated to collecting and distributing information about educational opportunities in and out of Malaysia. All comments, suggestions and contributions welcome.

Tinkosong was started in late 2005 after an angry blogpost about Malaysian education on Joyce’s blog received numerous comments – none of which offered a solution or an answer to the state of things. A Malay peribahasa or “wise saying” summed up the situation perfectly; “tin kosong” describes a person who complains or argues without offering a solution to the problem at hand.

And so TinKosong.com was born – a website dedicated to collecting and distributing first-hand information about educational opportunities, both in and out of Malaysia. All contributions, comments and suggestions are welcome!