Every time I saw this on billboards or will see or hear an ad about this I would say , “are these people stupid”. Kids in 3rd world countries want clean water, food, medication for illnesses such as malaria or small pox. Shut some just want to be able to read and write what the hell will a laptop do for them if they don’t even have electricity. Well Celia, ignorance is no excuse and I’m taking about my own ignorance here, especial for someone that lives in the most powerful country in the world. Once I visited the website for One Laptop Per Child at laptop.org I was enlightened and convinced that every child has the right to know and obtain the tools necessary for the acquisition of knowledge. Yes some of the countries where children are getting these laptops do not have the best nutrition, hygiene, or decent living conditions, but these children are learning ways via cyberspace to change this for themselves and their families. I once heard that the printing press was the best invention and due to it, it brought on the age of enlightenment. So now imagine what a laptop can do. These children will become the leaders of their countries, they will change their lives via education and knowledge. Chat with other children form other foreign lands and see that they are all the same, with the same desires, fears, and dreams. Past generations have done a great job of polluting and endangering our world and now its these children that will save it one laptop at a time.

I urge you to donate to this amazing cause.