Thank you for your interest in One Laptop Per Child. Our mission is to provide a means for learning, self-expression and exploration to the nearly two billion children of the developing world with little or no access to education. While children are by nature eager for knowledge, many countries have insufficient resources to devote to education—sometimes less than $20 a year per child. Imagine the potential that could be unlocked by giving every child in the world the tools they need to learn, no matter who they are, no matter where they live, no matter how little they may have.

I most likely won't be donating money towards the cause, but I thought the least I could do was promote it

I think it's a pretty good cause, but it begs the question, why laptops?

Aren't there more impoverished people who lack basic necessities such as food, clothing, water, shelter, for example?

Why laptops? This OLPC is only going to benefit those relatively impoverished (ie those people who have basic needs fulfilled but do not have other privileges such as education), and not those that are in dire need of help.

But oh well, it's a good cause nevertheless.

I think it's a pretty good cause, but it begs the question, why laptops?

Aren't there more impoverished people who lack basic necessities such as food, clothing, water, shelter, for example?

Why laptops? This OLPC is only going to benefit those relatively impoverished (ie those people who have basic needs fulfilled but do not have other privileges such as education), and not those that are in dire need of help.

But oh well, it's a good cause nevertheless.