my biggest concern is... laptops are great. electricity and clean, running water is better.
I agree with you...or I did when I first read about this project a few months back.
I got to thinking, tho and I imagined these kids having access to this wonderful medium and the tools that would allow them to not only tell their stories and hopefully get support for their other immediate needs, but would to also find out about a world beyond their own and be able to apply their knowledge to make their ow lives better.
I imagined a teacher in Africa using information from the internet to teach her kids about HIV. I imagined kids learning about ways to keep the water clean or coming together with other kids from around the world to push for water conservation or money for cleaner water in their areas.
I imagined more people getting word out about their projects to organizations like
KIVA or to private individuals. I imagined teachers without money for textbooks being able to use online texts and other informational websites to teach their kids.
Many, if not all, of the problems that face these kids right now can be alleviated with education and access to computers and the internet is a powerful educational tool.
Its kinda like that saying "Give a man a fish and he can feed his family for a day. Teach a man to fish and he can feed his family for life."
That is not to say that other projects that feed or clothe or provide fresh drinking water should be halted. Not at all.
Just that education is the key to eliminating the need for such programs in the future.
™ Version 4.2
