| Australian aboriginal kids get free laptops to fight illiteracy |
| Posted by: Susan Einhorn |
| Soon after getting a green laptop distributed free to Aboriginal school children in hopes of combating illiteracy and truancy, Jericho Lacey learned his computer was good for more than just homework. From his home on Elcho Island, an impoverished tropical outpost, Lacey writes school essays and occasionally plays “maze games” and surfs the net. “Hopefully, my children will become digitally connected to the rest of the world,” Jericho’s father Marcus told Reuters. “This island is not very close to anything.” |
| Source: Calgary Herald (Canada) | Published: August 16th, 2013 |
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