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<h1> About One Laptop per Child
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<p><img src="./XO/" height="0" width="0" />One Laptop per Child (OLPC) is a project started by Nicholas Negroponte at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with a core of MIT Media Lab personnel. The organization has grown to include passionate people creating software and hardware and sustainable community involvement to fulfill the educational mission of OLPC.
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<p>The mission for OLPC is simple yet compelling: To create educational opportunities for the world's poorest children by providing each child with a rugged, low-cost, low-power, connected laptop with content and software designed for collaborative, joyful, and self-empowered learning.
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<p>You can learn more about OLPC at <a title="One Laptop per Child" href="http://laptop.org">http://laptop.org</a> and <a title="OLPC Wiki" href="http://wiki.laptop.org">http://wiki.laptop.org</a> -- everyone is welcome to participate.
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