One Laptop per Child – Africa Internship in Education and Development

> Please forward to students who might be interested…
>
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> *One Laptop per Child =96 Africa Internship Program*
>
> St=
udents have played a pivotal role in every revolution, except
> learning.
> That will change in 2009. Through One Laptop per Ch=
ild, student
> teams from
> around the world will each deploy 10=
0 XO-laptops throughout Africa
> this
> summer. If you
are an undergraduate or graduate student with an
> interest in
&g=
t; education, technology or capacity building, our internship will
> p=
rovide you
> with unprecedented hands-on experience.
>

> Student Teams will:
> =95 travel to one of the 53 African countr=
ies of their choosing for
> *9-10
> weeks*
> =95 participa=
te in a *10-day orientation in Kigali, Rwanda* at OLPC=92s
> office

> =95 receive a *$10,000 (USD) team stipend*
> =95 deploy *100 XO =
laptops*, including hardware and support
> =95 collaborate with other =
teams as part of a life-long global network
> empowering a generation

> =95 send 1 representative to *MIT/OLPC=92s all-expense paid summit* fr=
om
> Oct
> 10th-12th 2009
>
> About OLPCorps Africa> Our interns will be active members of our innovative 1 to 1 laptop-

> learning
> project and hold key roles as leaders
in our grassroots movement.
> OLPC
> summer internships, which=
are full-time commitments, begin June 8.
> Teams
> will work cl=
osely with the One Laptop per Child team to design and
> implement

> XO deployments, join a uniquely African OLPC network, and lead a
&g=
t; growing
> social movement.
>
> How to apply:
> Fo=
r more information on OLPCorps Africa and specific application
> requi=
rements, please visit our website:

> http://www.laptop.org/en/participate/get-involved/O=
LPCorps.shtml.
> Proposals
> must be received by March 27th.=

>
> Note: Latin America internships are available in Peru & Ur=
uguay.
> Please
> contact nia@laptop.org
>
> Contact olpcorps@laptop.org with any quest=
ions or concerns.