One Laptop per Child

OLPC: http://laptop.org/en/
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Mission Statement: To create educational opportunities for the world's poorest children by providing each child with a rugged, low-cost, low-power, connected laptop with content and software designed for collaborative, joyful, self-empowered learning. When children have access to this type of tool they get engaged in their own education. They learn, share, create, and collaborate. They become connected to each other, to the world and to a brighter future."

Is it so simple? Give a laptop, change the world... I'm not sure about the functionality of this project. Of course it is good to encourage people to contribute the development process of the third world but I guess these type of projects are like annexes. People always tend to help the poor with the things like giving money, clothes or laptops. How can we provide a help for fundamentality?