One Laptop per Child Gets Funding from Islamic Development Bank

It wasn't long ago that we learned about the first batch of XO 1.75 laptops and, now, the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) nonprofit organization has more good news to impart.

In its latest press release, OLPC reveals that it can go ahead and carry out a similar distribution of laptops in Cameroon, a nation in West Africa.

5,000 XO laptops will be shipped in total, thanks to the funds provided by the Islamic Development Bank.

"We are delighted to be working with the Islamic Development Bank on the financing of projects that support our mutual objective of fostering economic development and social progress," said Rodrigo Arboleda, chairman and CEO of the One Laptop per Child Association. 

"We are seeing tremendous interest in OLPC throughout Africa and look forward to working with both public and private sector partners in a number of countries to launch, expand and support other initiatives in the months ahead."

One Laptop per Child (OLPC) is a non-profit organization that exists for the purpose of providing every child in the world with a laptop, or an equivalent educational device.

That way, all young people may have access to channels of learning, sharing and self-expression.

As for the Islamic Development Bank, it is a multilateral financing institution whose aim is to boost the economic development and social progress of its 56 member countries, Cameroon being one of them.

Speaking of which, a team from Cameroon's Ministry of Education has established an OLPC project in Mali, for training. This endeavor will be followed by initiatives on the part of other countries this year (2012).

 As before, in order to learn more about the XO 1.75 laptop, one only needs to visit the official website of the OLPC. The ARM Armada 610 processor from Marvell, the Sugar learning environment and the power consumption of just 4W (200 milliwatts when idle) are the highlights.

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