http://www.olpcnews.com/software/windows/nobody_buying_windows_xo_laptops.html

There are now several million computers running Linux in the hands of schoolchildren or due to be handed out in the next school year, all of them capable of running Sugar. About 40 countries are involved at various levels from single-school pilot projects to complete national rollouts for every single schoolchild.

Sugar on a Stick will make it much easier for schools to try out the program, possibly by giving students one old, discarded, diskless computer to use at school, and another to use at home. We can reduce the burden of computer recycling significantly in this way.

Uruguay has started up an education blog service, initially for teachers, but soon for all students.

http://www.olpcnews.com/countries/uruguay/update_on_xo_laptops.html

More is needed, and absolutely anyone can take part. See my Web site, http://www.earthtreasury.org/worknet, for an overview, including renewable electric power, Internet access, Free Digital Learning Materials to replace textbooks, and global microfinance for the children to get into e-commerce (initially with their families) and other Information Age jobs. Anything that you know and children around the world don’t is fair game.