| Aboriginal children to get laptops |
| Posted by: Susan Einhorn |
| The Belinda Stronach Foundation is giving up to 5,000 laptops loaded with specialized software to children in aboriginal communities across Canada. The green-coloured XO laptop computers are the same as those built and distributed by One Laptop Per Child, an organization that estimates it has donated more than two million laptops worldwide. The Canadian version of the laptops, provided by Stronach's foundation along with mining company Vale, the Bank of Montreal and the Ontario government, will be given to children between the ages of six and 12. Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/09/29/aboriginal-children-laptops-929.html#ixzz111xewJb2 |
| Source: CBC News (CAN) | Published: September 30th, 2010 |
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